The New Online Gambling Law in South Africa
June 16th, 2008Author: Mark Newman
The internet gambling law has been recently passed by the parliament of South Africa. To come into effect the bill should be signed by the president of South Africa Thabo Mbeki.
The aim of the law is to fight the negative effects of online gambling such as money laundering, gambling addiction and player protection.
In accordance with the law every player in South Africa will have to register with a licensed online gambling company proving he or she is over 18 years old. Besides, the law allows electronic monitoring system that helps root out potentially addictive behavior and restricts credit extensions to players.
June 17th, 2008 at 3:10 am
Interesting article, but I don’t think having players simply register will do anything towards helping them with a gambling addiction. SA government should provide help for people with such probs, not simply have them register, methinks…