ONLINE SOUTH AFRICA Online casinos demand rises in South Africa during Covid-19 3 years ago Samuel Post Views: 525 The Covid-19 pandemic and the ensuing lockdown measures have had a massive effect on the way South Africans go about their daily lives. The fact that people have had to spend more time at home and change most of their habits has resulted in some pretty interesting developments. For instance, instead of going to the shops, lots of people started purchasing things online. Similarly, rather than paying bills in person, people are now paying them via e- banking.And those South Africans thinking of going to the cinema have had to turn to entertainment streaming services such as Netflix. It is obvious that the threat of the pandemic, as well as the accompanying lockdown and social distancing measuresmade South Africans turn to e-commerce and online entertainment services. This has been particularly true for people who were used to visiting their local brick-and-mortar casinos. Finding reliable casino sites online When talking about who was hit the hardest by the COVID-19 lockdown measures you simply cannot leave out South African gamblers. Gambling in South Africa is completely legal, but only if you do it in land-based casinos. Unfortunately, lockdown measures have closed most of these. Even when casinos have started working once again, they’ve had to follow some pretty strict social distancing measures. As a result, they’ve lost much of their appeal and consequently their customers. In the COVID-19 aftermath, most South African punters are playing at online casinos. However, this is new territory for some of them.Therefore, they need expert guidance to navigate the treacherous waters of the online gambling industry. Fortunately, there are places where South African players can find all the most relevant information regarding reliable and licensed online casinos. Websites such as these help lots of new online gamblers all the time. They provide invaluable information on which online casinos are legal and which are not. That is very helpful if you are new to the industry and you don’t want to get scammed by fraudulent establishments. The state of online casino gambling in South Africa According to the 2004 National Gambling act, online gambling at casino sites is illegal in South Africa. This means that the only way that you can play at online casinos in the country right now is to visit offshore casino sites, but that is far from ideal. First of all, offshore casino sites are illegal in South Africa. Secondly, even if you are willing to go around that, it goes without saying that you would expose yourself to other issues. For instance, let’s say your casino deposit disappears for no reason. If this happens at a regulated site, you will get your deposit back. However, if you are gambling at an offshore casino, there is no guarantee that you will rectify the issue. You might get your money back, but then again, you might not. This is because there is no South African regulatory body vouching for the safety of your funds when gambling at offshore sites. That’s why, whenever people wager there, they do that at their own risk. (…) Read full article on nyasatimes.com About Post Author Samuel I am a journalist specializing in gambling in Africa and around the world. I am particularly interested in stories about games and casinos. See author's posts SamuelI am a journalist specializing in gambling in Africa and around the world. I am particularly interested in stories about games and casinos. 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