South Africa’s Bad Bet - AmaBhungane Centre for Investigative Journalism
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The National Revenue Administration conducted a large-scale operation against illegal gambling. At the end of June, officers from four customs and tax offices closed down a total of 23 locations where illegal gambling games were conducted. The services operated in Warsaw, Żyrardów, Mińsk Mazowiecki and in the Wołomin district.
South Africa’s bad bet - AmaBhungane Centre for Investigative Journalism
Online gambling is sucking South Africa dry. The industry’s sheer scale and hard-to-fathom growth rate has already made it something like a structural feature of the economy with roots that seem to burrow deeper by the day. The headline number: a 550% increase in gambling in only four years with no sign of a reprieve, reaching a turnover R1.14-trillion in the 2023/24 year or nearly 17% of GDP. And that is only the measurable part reported by loc…
Over PLN 65 billion flows out of Poland annually to illegal gambling operators. Players are often unaware that they are breaking the law. Is Poland ready to face this challenge?
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