Raising awareness on illegal gambling
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The Limpopo Gambling Board (LGB) and the Limpopo Economic Development Environment and Tourism (Ledet) department hosted a webinar on Wednesday, 30 June to raise awareness against illegal gambling.
The objectives of LGB are to license, regulate and monitor gambling activities in the province in terms of the Gambling Act with two core business units, being compliance and law enforcement.
According to CEO of the LGB board, Gregory Makoko, the mandate of the board is to facilitate the conducting of research to assess the impact of gambling in the province, to promote responsible gambling programmes in collaboration with other stakeholders as well as combat illegal gambling by investigating reported cases and create awareness in collaboration with the law enforcement agencies.
Makoko says the closure of the gambling industry at lockdown level four will require a more concerted effort in combating illegal gambling.
“Illegal gambling refers to any gambling activities conducted, without a valid licence or permit within any place other than a casino or a licenced premise established for the purpose of gambling. Illegal gambling in general has been identified as parasites to any economy of a country. The entity investigates with the support of the police and arrests are effected where cases of illegal gambling have been detected. This result in the payment of admission of guilt fines by the arrested companies and individuals. The arrested individuals will remain with a criminal record.”
The board also takes part in the destruction of the illegal gambling machines that were confiscated. This includes confiscating computers that are used for illegal online gambling and they are donated to local schools after they are re-programmed with the support of Limpopo Connexion as part of their corporate responsibility contribution.
Makoko has urged residents to report any case of illegal gambling by going to their nearest police station or community centre, calling 10111 or 082 333 7981 or 015 230 2300. Alternatively one can also send an email to
