The draft Remote Gambling Bill of 2014 was published in the Government Gazette on Wednesday, by DA Shadow Minister of Trade and Industry, Geordin Hill-Lewis.<\/p>\n
News of the bill first emerged towards the start of the year, with Hill-Lewis saying in an e-mail interview that there is still a long road before online gambling is legalised<\/a> in South Africa.<\/p>\n After being published and tabled in parliament, the bill must is now open for public comment, the deadline for which is Friday, 23 May 2014.<\/p>\n The bill will then be debated in the Portfolio Committee on Trade and Industry, which will take a decision on it before Parliament is finally required to vote on it.<\/p>\n It will take 9 months for this process to run its course, Hill-Lewis estimated; however, a number of things could influence the amount of time it takes to process the bill, so it may take longer.<\/p>\n \u201cIt is important to note that Parliament and Portfolio Committee take the final decision on whether the Bill is passed into law or not,\u201d Hill-Lewis said. \u201cSo it is, at this stage, far from certain that the Bill will definitely become law.\u201d<\/p>\n The preamble of the bill states the following goals of the new law:<\/p>\n Online gambling in South Africa; legalise it<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n
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