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In 2014, South Africans gambled about R252-billion at casinos and bet about R30-billion. Betting has since risen exponentially, to R1.1-trillion in 2024/25.
This has been fuelled by an increase in betting sites and the addictive products they offer, coupled with aggressive and highly deceptive marketing.
Betting includes online gambling and online casinos, which have become ubiquitous, and the horse racing industry, which has become relatively small.
Meanwhile, gambling at casinos has stayed constant in recent years and was under R300-billion in 2024/25.
Read the full GroundUp article here.