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From recreation to survival: Since the Covid-19 pandemic, sports betting and online gambling have outpaced traditional casino gambling, driven by the growing accessibility of online platforms. Photo: Supplied

South Africa’s online gambling scourge underscores need to regulate adverts

Online gambling generated over R59 billion in annual revenue, prompting calls for tighter rules to protect vulnerable groups

  • Aarti Bhana
6 min read
Measures such as affordability checks and formal financial vulnerability assessments are not mandated for gamblers in South Africa. Photo: File

Is South Africa doing enough to protect gamblers?

Some measures are in place but others, such as affordability checks and formal financial vulnerability assessments, are not mandated for gamblers

6 min read