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Online Gambling Legality in South Africa

South Africa: regulator — WCGRB. Below: the summary, the source and related data. This is not legal advice.

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Status — draft classification from open sources; rely on the summary, regulator and licensees below. NeBlask does not provide legal advice.

What is known

By open sources · en.wikipedia.org

Gambling in South Africa has been heavily restricted since 1673, with South Africa's Gambling Act of 1965 officially banning all forms of gambling except betting on horse racing which existed as a sporting activity.

Source: en.wikipedia.org → · verified 11.10.2026

Regulator jurisdictions

Frequent questions

The regulator is WCGRB (Western Cape Gambling and Racing Board). Licensee registers are kept by the regulators themselves.

Related data

Registers and decisions are published by the regulators themselves; summaries are from open sources. NeBlask stitches them into one map and does not provide legal advice. Methodology.

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