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South
Africa Struggles to Regulate Online Casinos
Even with South Africa having an expressed restriction on online
casinos and internet gambling as a whole, the region is still believed to have a
considerable percentage of its population gambling at online casinos. the real
trouble for the the South African government in enforcing their laws prohibiting
online casino activity is the fact that they have no means to determine exactly
how many people in their jurisdiction are participating in online casino
gambling.
the manager of Piggs Peak Online Casino, Wendy Graaf, says that the
popularity of online casinos are most likely due to the convenience, ease, and
wide selection of games that are available on the internet. the loophole being
utilized by the majority of the online casinos is the one that relates to where
exactly and in what country the online casino server is placed. Piggs Peak
Online Casino is currently in court debating their legalities even though they
are based inn Swaziland, where online casinos are legal.
Like many online casinos that are based in a country where online gambling is
legal but is still running into trouble with the law, Piggs Peak allegedly
receives players from areas that do not prohibit online casinos and their
activity. Especially in the case of South Africa where the internet
in general is growing extremely quickly yet, is as of yet rather unregulated,
the population has free rang on activities that might otherwise be considered
illegal.
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