{"id":5877,"date":"2025-08-01T04:26:15","date_gmt":"2025-08-01T07:26:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/?p=5877"},"modified":"2026-04-19T15:11:38","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T18:11:38","slug":"gauteng-mec-calls-for-urgent-amendment-to-gambling-laws","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/gauteng-mec-calls-for-urgent-amendment-to-gambling-laws","title":{"rendered":"Gauteng MEC calls for urgent amendment to gambling laws"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Lebogang<\/strong> Maile warned that Gauteng is losing ground to provinces such as Mpumalanga and the Western Cape, which have implemented more effective regulations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

South Africa.- Gauteng<\/strong> is on the cusp of a gambling reform as authorities are gearing up to revamp the province’s gambling laws, with plans to introduce sweeping changes that will modernise regulations and tackle emerging challenges in the industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On July 18 2025<\/strong>, Lebogang Maile<\/strong>, Gauteng’s Member of the Executive Council (MEC) for Finance and Economic Development, held a meeting with Gauteng Gambling Board<\/strong>, State Law Advisor<\/strong>, GDED Legal Advisory Services<\/strong> and Cheadle Thompson & Haysom Attorneys<\/strong> to fast-track the process of drafting an amendment to the Gauteng Gambling Act.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The proposed changes will address critical areas like online gambling, licensing and compliance, player protection, enforcement and penalties. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to Maile, there is a pressing need for reform as the gambling industry has changed dramatically since the Act was passed. He cited the rapid expansion of online gambling<\/a>, which is not adequately addressed by existing regulations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Maile warned that Gauteng is losing ground to provinces such as Mpumalanga<\/strong> and the Western Cape<\/strong>, which have implemented more effective regulations to govern the growing gambling industry. However, he expressed confidence that the current efforts will help Gauteng return to its rightful place in gambling oversight and innovation in South Africa.\u00a0

A recent SOFTSWISS report<\/a> on South Africa’s online gaming market revealed that Gauteng made the second largest contribution to the country’s total gross gaming revenue (GGR) in FY2024<\/strong> at 22.1 per cent<\/strong>, behind the Western Cape, which led with 31.7 per cent<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\tSee also:<\/span> South Africa\u2019s legal gambling threatened by dubious, obsolete slot machines<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Lebogang Maile warned that Gauteng is losing ground to provinces such as Mpumalanga and the Western Cape, which have implemented more effective regulations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2395,"featured_media":5879,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Gauteng is initiating a comprehensive reform of its gambling laws to modernize regulations, address the rapid expansion of online gambling, and enhance licensing, compliance, player protection, and enforcement. This legislative overhaul, driven by MEC Lebogang Maile, aims to regain the province's competitive edge against regions like Western Cape and Mpumalanga, which currently exhibit more effective regulatory frameworks and higher GGR contributions.","focusai_entities":"Lebogang Maile, Gauteng Gambling Board, State Law Advisor, GDED Legal Advisory Services, Cheadle Thompson & Haysom Attorneys, SOFTSWISS","focusai_location":"South Africa, Gauteng, Mpumalanga, Western Cape","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (1.0), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (1.0), operator_casino (1.0), affiliate_publisher (0.8), product_ux (0.7), tech_data (0.7), marketing_crm (0.8), payments_fraud_aml (0.8), investor_analyst (1.0), supplier_vendor (1.0), journalist_researcher (1.0)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Gauteng Act Timeline?","query":"What is the projected legislative timeline for the amendment of the Gauteng Gambling Act, and when are stakeholders expected to provide input on the proposed changes?"},{"label":"Online Gambling Scope?","query":"How will the proposed amendments specifically define and regulate online gambling verticals, and what new licensing categories are anticipated?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[60019,60011],"tags":[45],"class_list":["post-5877","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-regulation-news","category-south-africa","tag-online-gambling"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5877","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2395"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5877"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5877\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5891,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5877\/revisions\/5891"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5879"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5877"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5877"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5877"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}