Gaming for Africa Expo to relaunch

    The Gaming for Africa Expo, Southern Africa’s premier gaming show, will make a welcome return to the international gaming calender, when it relaunches in May next year. The show had been put on hold in recent years following the hold-up of the LPM (Limited Payout Machine) market due to legislative delays.

    Legislation governing LPM's, the limited wager slots that will be placed in pubs, clubs and taverns throughout the country, has already been promulgated and a number of provinces have either licensed route operators or are in the process of finalising their respective regulations on LPM's.

    Most recently, a court case which had the potential to delay the LPM industry by up to three years, has been dropped by a rival bidder for the system that will monitor these limited wager slots. 

    With this court case out of the way, the National Board has resumed its contract negotiations with Zonke Monitoring Systems - the successful LPM central monitoring system vendor - and the National Board foresees the first LPM's going live around mid 2002. 
 

Internet Gambling
    The South African government is in the process of legislating Internet gambling, and a recent report commissioned by the National Gambling Board urges speedy licensing of Internet Gambling and favourable taxation in order to establish South Africa as an Internet gambling mecca. Amendments to the National Gambling Act are to be tabled in Parliament in early 2002, paving the way for licensing, possibly as soon as mid - to end - 2002. 

Casinos
The South African National Gambling Act makes allowance for 40 casino licences. To date 26 casinos are operational, and a total of 31 licences have been awarded, making this a gaming jurisdiction that any serious manufacturer and supplier cannot afford to ignore. In November 2001 a sixth casino licence for the Gauteng province was awarded to Rhino Resorts, and a further two casinos, to be operated by Sun International, are due to open in April 2002. 
 

   “Africa’s premier gaming gathering will relaunch at a modern new venue - the Dome, Northern Johannesburg. The expo will showcase the latest in gaming, surveillance and associated products and will attract decision-makers, buyers and legislators from all sectors of gaming including horse racing, bingo and lotteries in southern Africa and the rest of the African continent,” says Roy Bannister, editor of Gaming for Africa magazine.
 

For further information on the Gaming for Africa Expo:
afrogame@mweb.co.za
Gaming for Africa
Tel: +27 (11) 704 3147
Fax: +27 (11) 704 1616.