Chips are Down for South African Online Gambling
August 26th, 2010PhoenixCOZA Posted in My Thoughts |
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North Gauteng High Court handed down a ruling on August 20th by Judge NB Tuchten. making it illegal to gamble using digital products inside South Africa. Carrying advertising promoting online gambling has also been made illegal.
The Gauteng Gambling Board has been in a long-running battle with online casino. Online casinos and poker rooms are less than pleased and seem to doubt whether the ban will achieve its aims, according to Online-Casinos.com.
Gauteng Gambling Board head of legal services, Lucky Lukhwareni has said that , online casinos are now up for prosecution.
Lew Saul Koor , Piggs Peak Operations Director has stated that
"On consultation with our Senior Legal Council they agree that we
should appeal this finding which we believe is totally incorrect.
Until the appeal has been heard and the outcome determined our
business will continue as usual as agreed with the Gambling Boards."
PhoenixCOZA’s Posts Posted via email from PhoenixCOZA’s Posts North Gauteng High Court handed down a ruling on August 20th by Judge NB Tuchten. making it illegal to gamble using digital products inside South Africa. Carrying advertising promoting online gambling has also been made illegal. The Gauteng Gambling Board has been in a long-running battle with onli …
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