Online Casino Transfer: News - South African Market

03/13/2010		Online Casino Style: News South African Market - 2
Home History Games News Dictionary		continued from South African Market - 1 In the end, there have been few definitive solutions, in spite of a “commitment” to legalizing and liberating the online gambling industry. Legal lines remain blurry and confusing with few companies willing to place themselves at risk of being attacked by authorities. It is the general hope that the confusion should be able to be put largely aside by the end of this calendar year, with a clear regulatory program finally being defined. Until then, those looking to service customers in South Africa must do without advertisements – hoping that those wanting to gamble will find their sites of their own volition. South African law does not ban access to overseas and offshore internet casino companies, so long as the servers are located outside of national boundaries. Jurisdictionally, those internet casinos are not subject to any domestic restrictions. The issue has even gone so far as to find a case argument to be presented on appeal before their Supreme Court, but many hope that a solution will be found before a ruling is needed. The books continue to say that on the whole, online gambling is ‘illegal,’ but not unlike Australia, the enforcement of that antiquated law is extraordinarily light. “It is not something that anyone is going to waste police time on,” said one expert in the ITWeb article. The managing director of World Wide Worx, Arthur Goldstuck, said that the coming years should be very exciting times for not only the online gambling sector in South Africa, but the mobile gaming division in particular. According to him, around five million people will find themselves connected through the internet in the next five years; two million of those will access the web through their cell phones. Though the users will take some time to learn the nuances of applications and services, the boom to follow is something that many industry experts have already got their eyes on. Leaders such as Ladbrokes and Victor Chandler have already made public their interest in building their market in the area, with all else on hold, waiting for lawmakers to get their acts together.

03/13/2010

Online Casino Style: News
South African Market - 2

continued from South African Market - 1

In the end, there have been few definitive solutions, in spite of a “commitment” to legalizing and liberating the online gambling industry. Legal lines remain blurry and confusing with few companies willing to place themselves at risk of being attacked by authorities. It is the general hope that the confusion should be able to be put largely aside by the end of this calendar year, with a clear regulatory program finally being defined. Until then, those looking to service customers in South Africa must do without advertisements – hoping that those wanting to gamble will find their sites of their own volition. South African law does not ban access to overseas and offshore internet casino companies, so long as the servers are located outside of national boundaries. Jurisdictionally, those internet casinos are not subject to any domestic restrictions.

The issue has even gone so far as to find a case argument to be presented on appeal before their Supreme Court, but many hope that a solution will be found before a ruling is needed. The books continue to say that on the whole, online gambling is ‘illegal,’ but not unlike Australia, the enforcement of that antiquated law is extraordinarily light. “It is not something that anyone is going to waste police time on,” said one expert in the ITWeb article.

The managing director of World Wide Worx, Arthur Goldstuck, said that the coming years should be very exciting times for not only the online gambling sector in South Africa, but the mobile gaming division in particular. According to him, around five million people will find themselves connected through the internet in the next five years; two million of those will access the web through their cell phones. Though the users will take some time to learn the nuances of applications and services, the boom to follow is something that many industry experts have already got their eyes on. Leaders such as Ladbrokes and Victor Chandler have already made public their interest in building their market in the area, with all else on hold, waiting for lawmakers to get their acts together.