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Coverage, research, and reports on South Africa's online gambling boom and its impact on communities.
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19 January 2026
Instead of reflecting economic confidence, the surge in gambling appears to be happening alongside growing hardship, debt and uncertainty for millions of South Africans.
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12 December 2025
The online gambling industry is fast reaching catastrophic proportions in South Africa.
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01 December 2025
The illegal gambling market in South Africa is booming, with more than 2,000 operators targeting consumers.
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04 July 2025
The industry's sheer scale and hard-to-fathom growth rate has already made it something like a structural feature of the economy.
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