{"id":1058,"date":"2025-04-16T18:10:36","date_gmt":"2025-04-16T21:10:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/?p=1058"},"modified":"2026-04-19T17:43:56","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T20:43:56","slug":"gauteng-moves-to-tax-online-gaming-companies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/gauteng-moves-to-tax-online-gaming-companies","title":{"rendered":"Gauteng moves to tax online gaming companies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Online betting accounted for 80% of total betting revenue in 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

South Africa.- The South African province of Gauteng<\/strong> has announced plans to tax online gambling companies operating in its jurisdiction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In March, the province’s finance MEC, Lebogang Maile<\/strong>, revealed that the government was working on legislation to tax online gaming companies. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

With the new law, Gauteng aims to capitalize on the growing online gaming market to generate more revenue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gauteng’s current revenue from the gambling industry only comes from licensing physical gambling establishments. The new legislation seeks to add online operators under this framework.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While presenting the 2025\/2026 provincial budget<\/strong> in the Gauteng Legislature on March 18,<\/strong> Maile said that a draft amendment to the Gauteng Gambling Act had been developed. He said: “So that we are able to regulate online gambling. People are making a lot of money gambling, and unfortunately, most of those punters are from Gauteng, and we’re not getting the tax that’s due to us.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Online sports betting has become increasingly popular in South Africa. According to a report from the National Gambling Board<\/strong>, online betting accounted for 80% of total betting revenue in 2024. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The market’s revenue potential has caught the attention of lawmakers, who are considering levying an additional tax on online gambling to support the country’s budget. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Recently, BOSA leader Mmusi Maimane<\/strong> asked the national assembly to implement a sin tax on online gaming<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\tSee also:<\/span> SA political parties continue to discuss online gambling for sin tax<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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