Let's make gambling safer
The Citizen|December 03, 2024
LEGISLATION: MP PUSHING FOR BILL TO REGULATE WEB-BASED OR ELECTRONIC ACTIVITIES
Eric Mthobeli Naki
Let's make gambling safer

Gamblers who won money during online gambling play but were cheated out of their earnings by a gambling outlet could have recourse in law. The provincial gambling board has the power to act against outlets that cheat or fail to pay the winnings to a player who wins in an online gambling activity. They will be fined or their businesses closed.

All this depends on whether the Remote Gambling Bill presently before parliament passes the scrutiny it is expected to undergo after public submissions were concluded. The deadline for public submissions is 8 December.

The purpose of the draft Bill, which was initiated by DA MP Toby Chance as a Private Member's Bill, among others, is to regulate online or web-based or any electronic gambling activities. It also provides for the licensing and control of all remote gambling activities by provincial gambling boards in their provinces.

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