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CALL TO RECOGNISE CASA AS SOUTH AFRICA’S OFFICIAL CASINO INDUSTRY BODY |
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The Casino Association of South Africa (CASA), which represents 37 of South Africa’s 38 licensed casinos, should be legally recognised as South Africa’s representative industry association....... Read More |
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SOUTH AFRICA’S CASINO INDUSTRY SHOULD COUNT ITS BLESSINGS – AND RELISH ITS CHALLENGES |
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South Africa’s casinos have many blessings to count – but also many challenges still to surmount, says Anthony Puttergill, chief executive of Peermont Hotels, Casinos and Resorts....... Read More |
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BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD |
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Casino Sector Supports Interactive Gambling Regulation In Principle But Suggests Further Research And Consultation...... Read More |
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PROBLEM GAMBLING NUMBERS DOWN |
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Comprehensive study into problem gambling prevalence in SA released
Incidence of Problem Gambling Drops to 4.8 % (2003: 6.8 %) of Adults with Ready Access To Commercial Gambling...... Read More |
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MABUZA TAKES THE HELM AT CASA |
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(Cape Town 26 June 2006) Tsogo Sun chief executive Jabu Mabuza has been elected to succeed Peter Bacon as the chairman of the Casino Association of South Africa. Mabuza will be serving his second term, having been the founding chairman of CASA in 2003/4...... Read More |
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SOUTH AFRICA'S CASINO INDUSTRY TEN YEARS ON
ACHIEVEMENTS, ISSUES AND CHALLENGES A PRESENTATION BY MR DEREK AURET |
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A well-regulated and healthy casino industry is effectively a partnership between government and the private sector. Click here to see CASA CE Derek Auret's presentation at the 13th International Conference on Gambling and Risk Taking at Lake Tahoe. (PowerPoint - 130k). |
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BLACK ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT IN THE CASINO INDUSTRY: FACTS AND PERSPECTIVES |
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The casino sector has substantially advanced transformation in South Africa's tourism and leisure industry. Click here to read more of CASA CE Derek Auret's speech at the National Gambling Board Biennial Conference. |
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SA CAN PROVIDE ‘KEY LESSONS’ FOR NEW GAMBLING DISPENSATION IN THE UK |
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[London, 25 January 2006] In introducing a new gambling dispensation, the United Kingdom can learn from South Africa and particularly, the Western Cape...... Read More |
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GROUND-BREAKING INDUSTRY CODE OF CONDUCT SIGNED |
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[Cape Town, Sunday 13 November 2005] South Africa’s casino sector, one of the first globally to so do outside the United States, has signed the country’s first-ever nationally-applicable gambling industry code of conduct...... Read More |
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WINNING, LOSING HANDS |
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[The Straits Times - World - 3 October 2005] South Africa and Russia legalised gambling in the early 1990s. One became a model of regulation that other countries tried to emulate, the other became a gambling hell. The BBC World Service looks at the experiences of the two..... Read More |
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LEVELS OF PROBLEM GAMBLING IN SOUTH AFRICA WITHIN INTERNATIONAL NORMS |
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[Las Vegas, 14 September 2005] The number of people in South Africa with gambling problems is broadly in line with international norms, although there is some reason to be concerned that the growing availability of inexpensive and easily accessible forms of gambling may exacerbate the incidence of this phenomenon..... Read More |
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GOVERNMENT
THE BIGGEST 'SHAREHOLDER'
IN SA's CASINO SECTOR |
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[Durban,
16 April 2004] The
gambling industry
in South Africa was
subject to a higher
degree of state intervention
than any other business
sector in the economy,
and given government's
effective 35% share
of value-added in
the casino sector,
it was the industry's
largest de facto shareholder...
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PERSPECTIVE
AND BALANCE NEEDED
IN NEW GAMBLING BILL
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[Cape
Town, 19 September
2003] Eleventh hour
changes to the proposed
National Gambling
Bill have exposed
the draft legislation
to legitimate criticism
that the Bill is being
rushed through parliament
without sufficient
consultation and an
adequate understanding
of its full economic,
political and social
implications... Read
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TIME
TO REFLECT? |
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[Johannesburg,
3 July 2003] The introduction
of limited payout
machines (LPMs) into
the South African
market has unsurprisingly
stimulated widespread
comment and opinion
about the socio-economic
impacts of gambling,
and as much as this
debate is healthy
and appropriate, there
is a need for added
perspective, especially
as regards the country's
existing casino industry...
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GOOD
AND PROGRESSIVE PUBLIC
POLICY YIELDS R36-BILLION
MULTIPLIED CONTRIBUTION
TO SA'S GDP |
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[Johannesburg,
10 November 2003]
In the past seven
years, South Africa's
new casino industry
has been responsible
for R12-billion in
new investment, which
means a multiplied
contribution to GDP
of more than R36-billion.
The industry has created
over 30 000 direct
and 64 500 indirect
new jobs, and annually
pays more than R1.7-billion
to government in revenue...
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FURTHER IMPETUS FOR CBD AS R6.3-BILLION INDUSTRY LOCATES HEAD OFFICE DOWNTOWN |
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[Cape Town, 14 July 2004] Cape Town’s appeal as a location for more and more corporate head offices was reinforced this week when the Casino Association of South Africa (CASA) opened its national headquarters in the city... Read More |
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FROM THE UK NEWS AND OPINION MAGAZINE, ‘THE SPECTATOR’: A GOOD BET
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Government ministers are not the only ones to have been surprised by the adverse reaction to their proposals to relax the gambling laws. I was pretty gob-smacked myself. Las Vegas-style casinos in Britain! Shock horror!... Read More |
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