28th December
Johannesburg, South Africa
Business Day & Peermont JSE release
Peermont
Global boosts stake in Caesars Gauteng
Caesars'
reef casino shares change hands for $145m
PTG:
Peermont Global -
Press Release
27th December
South Africa
Finance24.com/Dow Jones
Caesars
to sell Gauteng stake
- Peermont Global www.peermont.com
25th December
South Africa
Independent Online
Gamblers
risk losing it all this Christmas
24th December
Las Vegas & Johannesburg, South Africa
Reuters.com
Caesars
to Sell S. African Casino
- www.caesars.co.za
24th December
Las Vegas & Johannesburg, South Africa
Yahoo/Business Wire
Caesars
Signs Agreement to Sell Its Interests in South African Casino Resort
18th December
South Africa
Business Day
HCI
to increase interest in Tsogo Group
15th December
Botswana AllAfrica.com
Casinos
Earned Over P80 Million in Past Year
There are
8 casinos operating in Botswana the largest being the Gaborone Sun followed
by the Grand Palm.
6th December
Guateng, South Africa
AllAfrica.com
Silverstar,
Gold Reef Team Up for Casino Bid
6th December
Kampala, Uganda
AllAfrica.com
Casino
Bill Delays $2m Firm
2nd December
Durban, South Africa
SABC News
Sibaya
Entertainment Kingdom opens today
1st December
Colorado & Guateng, South Africa
Yahoo/PRNewswire
Century
Casinos Agrees to Sell Interest in Gauteng, South Africa, Project
30th November
Johannesburg
Business Day/I-Net Bridge
Strong
trading results for Sun International
SI's Sibaya
Casino and Entertainment Kingdom will open in Durban on 2nd on December
with 924 smart-card operated slots and 37 tables.
- www.sibayacasino.co.za
29th November
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Finance24.com & iAfrica/AFP
Red
alert on casino crime
Tanzanian
minister warns on casino crime
27th November
Tansania IPP
Media
Gaming
regulators forum welcome, caution vital
Officials
from the Gaming Regulators African Forum are meeting this weekend in Tanzania.
25th November
Tasmania The
Mercury/News.com.au & Examiner.com.au
Government
digs in over gambling inquiry
State
study into gaming - Call for independent check
17th November
South Africa
Sunday Times
Cops
seek bail in casino heist case
17th November
South Africa & India
Kerala News
South
African pins hopes on Indian casino venture
9th November
South Africa iAfrica/I-Net
Bridge
Sun
International looks north
8th November
Johannesburg
Business Day
Sun
International consolidates top position
Sun International
Ltd. remains the largest casino operator in South Arica with 42% of gross
gaming revenues and 44% of all gaming positions.
7th November
Durban, South Africa
Independent Online/Sunday Tribune
KZN
premier sued for R30m in gambling battle
4th November
Cape Town, Soth Africa
Cape Times
Café
is home to first of 'small-time' gambling machines
The first
LPM's with a R500 jackpot have been deployed in the Western Cape.
3rd November
Johannesburg, South Africa
AllAfrica.com
Sun
International to Lend a Hand to Mbizana Development Trust
1st November
Durban, South Africa
Business Day
Sun
International set to open Sibaya Casino
The Sibaya
Casino & Entertainment Kingdom will open outside Durban on 19th November
and will replace Afrisun's temporary SugarMill casino in Mount Edgecomb.
1st November
South Africa iAfrica.com
Sun
International in R25m BEE deal
14th October
Gaborone, Botswana
Hindustan Times
Questions
Over Gaborone Station 'Casino'
12th October
Durban, South Africa
Business Report
Suncoast
Casino chalks up win with more visitors
Tsogo Sun's
Suncoast Casino has a daily attendance of around 21,000 a day and is one
of South Africa's busiest leisure destinations.
- www.suncoastcasino.co.za
5th October
South Africa Sunday
Times
Johnnic
buys into casino and hotel investments
1st October
Zimbabwe & South Africa
Zimbabwe Independent
Zimsun
readies for casino rollout
29th September
Johannesburg The
Star Online
SA
online casinos set to be licensed
South Africa
presently has two major Internet casinos that conduct transactions in Rands
- Piggs Peak and Silver Sands.
29th September
Cape Town, South Africa
News24.com
R8.2bn
gambled away in a year
The statistics
are from the National Gambling Board's annual report.
- www.ngb.org.za
28th September
South Africa iAfrica
Business/I-Net Bridge
Gambling
revenue up 19%
Huge
increase in gambling revenue
28th September
Gabon, Africa iAfrica.com/AFP
Jackpot
winner loses it all in laundry
27th September
South Africa S.A.
Sunday Times
Lotto
has created 373 millionaires
22nd September
South Africa S.A.
Sunday Times/I-Net Bridge
'Africa
needs solid gambling policies'
Peter Collins,
executive director of South Africa's National Responsible Gambling Programme
(NRGP) speaking at the Pan-African Gaming & Casinos World conference.
21st September
Johannesburg iAfrica.com/I-Net
Bridge
Sun
International looks to Africa
Sun International
CEO Peter Bacon making the keynote speech at the Pan-African Gaming &
Casinos World conference.
- www.terrapinn.com/2004/casino_ZA/
19th September
London & Johannesburg
The Independent
Peter
Bacon: He's come from the casinos of Sun City to play one-armed bandits
in Britain
Excellent
profile of Sun International CEO Peter Bacon and the companies aspirations
in the U.K.
17th September
Johannesburg, South Africa
News24.com/SAPA
Third
arrest in multi-million rand casino heist
The robbery
occurred at the offices of Giesecke and Devrient located within the Montecasino
complex.
15th September
KwaZulu-Natal
Business Day
Umdloti
casino to open ahead of schedule
The R727m Sibaya casino will open
at the end of September and is a partnership between Sun International
and black empowerment group Afrisun.
7th September
Windhoek, Namibia
AllAfrica.com
Goverment
Seeks Tighter Gambling Control
6th September
South Africa Business
Day
Empowerment
partners hit lucky jackpot as casinos lure South Africans in numbers
3rd September
South Africa Business
Report
Sun
International ponders expansion in Angola and UK
1st September
Cape Town, South Africa
Business Day
Peermont
to list, alter structures and build casino
Peermont Global
was formerly know as Global Resorts.
- www.peermont.com
1st September
Johannesburg
iAfrica.com
Sun
International lifts year earnings
27th August
South Africa
Business Report
Putting
cash in Gold Reef shares pays more than slots
26th August
Johannesburg, South Africa
Business Day & Business Report
Gold
Reef Casino reports shining results
Patrons
put glitter in Gold Reef profits
Gold Reef
owns and operates five casinos in South Africa.
- www.grcresorts.co.za
9th August
South Africa
Independent Online
Most
coin-operated machines reject new R5
7th August
South Africa
SABC News
Strike
looms at Monte Casino
5th August
Johannesburg & Durban, South Africa
Business Report
Union
calls for boycott of Tsogo Sun's casinos
5th August
KwaZulu-Natal
Independent Online
KwaZulu-Natal
gambling bosses suspended
28th July
Johannesburg
Sunday Times Business
It's
a win-win game, says gambling chief
The Casino Assosiation of South
Africa can be found at:
- www.casasa.org.za
21st July
Durban, South Africa
The Witness
Gambler
wins battle with Durban casino
A bad week for the Suncoast Casino.
Not only are staff taking strike action but the local Sheriff's office
has ordered the casino to pay a disputed slot win of R96,969.
20th July
Durban, South Africa
Independent Online
Storm
clouds thicken over Suncoast casino
- www.suncoastcasino.co.za
& www.tsogosun.co.za
19th July
Johannesburg
Mail and Guardian
Casino
equipment group to delist from JSE
Admiral Leisure a subsidiary of
Austrian Gaming Industries/Novomatic is planning to delist from the JSE.
17th July
Durban, South Africa
Independent Online & SABC
Chips
are down for Durban casino
Suncoast
Casino workers go on strike
- www.suncoastcasino.co.za
14th July
Cape Town, South Africa
Business Day
Casino
Association opens in Cape Town
The Casino Association of South
Africa (CASA) was established in 2003.
- www.casasa.org.za
2nd July
South Africa
Sunday Times
South
Africa gets its first online gambling millionaire
The amount is 1,102,148.75 - Unfortunately
for the player it has a R in front and not a $.
1st July
Cape Town, South Africa
SABC News
Cosatu
tackles affliate head-on over gambling interest
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