South Africa Stalling Online Gambling Changes
Published: Saturday, September 05, 2009 Online-Casinos.com
South Africa ahs been working hard on it's proposed legislation to regulate and legalize online gambling in the country. South African officials were just in Antigua to view the system there and gain valuable insight into how to set up the regulatory framework for South African online gambling.
Now in a surprising turn of events, terms such as 'moral outrage' are being used to describe the reason for the fading political will to follow through on the propositions to amend South Africa's online gambling rules. Former chairman of the Western Cape Gaming Board and Chief Executive Officer of the influential industry association, the Casino Association of South Africa, Derek Auret, said exactly that at the Gaming Regulators Africa Forum (GRAF) in Swaziland.
Auret said, "Proper identification and focused protection of the public interest is one of the cornerstones of any gaming policy - but we are learning that the public interest can be misconstrued" Auret warned, "Where gambling has been legalised by government moral objections to gambling have been finely considered and should not be confused with the public interest. Unfortunately we are seeing that confusion at the moment in the portfolio committee of trade and industry in Parliament which is discussing the regulation of internet gambling"
The efforts of many political leaders to bring about changes to the gambling laws in South Africa have been taking a very long time. The 1996 gambling act was first amended in 2004 with a section for a report on the implementation of internet gambling, which was approved by parliament.
"Now we at a point where the act has been signed into law and we are busy drafting the regulations - but we are revisiting initial steps again. It doesn't seem to be right" a frustrated Mr. Auret commented.
Scepticism in South Africa is mounting over the possibility of a viable online gambling policy being implemented any time soon. The debate continues to keep the legislature from finding a policy that is proper for the national interest.
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