Author: Brenton Chelin

Online betting in South Africa is booming and is rapidly dominating the country’s gambling market. Worldwide, the industry is expected to grow at 10.3% annually, to be worth US$182.12 billion by 2030. According to the National Gambling Board 2022/2023 Report, gross gambling revenue in South Africa more than doubled to R47.2bn in 2022/23 from R23.25bn in 2020/21. Something that was once the preserve of physical bookies moved first into the web and onto apps. With that shift has come a whole slew of innovations that have completely changed the online betting sector; and that growth is rapidly accelerating. What we are really…