National gambling statistics have been published by South Africa’s National Gambling Board (NGB) for the Financial Year ending 31 March 2009. 85% of Gross Gambling Revenue of R15.921 billion (US$1.45 billion) was generated by casinos, with Gauteng province producing 42% of GGR. KwaZulu-Natal accounted for 19% of GGR, Western Cape 17%, Eastern Cape 7% and North West 6%. Northern Cape, Free State, Limpopo and Mpumalanga contributed 1%, 2%, 2% and 4% respectively.

In Gauteng, North West, Northern Cape and Free State the limited payout machines (LPM) have yet to be rolled out. In Western Cape the LPMs are making around R70 million to R80 million each quarter, over double the revenue of the other provinces that have the machines operating. Only Gauteng offers bingo but over the last financial year revenue has grown each quarter to nearly R34 million in the last quarter.

As South Africa’s commercial capital Johannesburg is in the province of Gauteng it is hardly surprising that it has the largest share of the betting market also – around R150 million per quarter. KwaZulu-Natal is not far behind at around R130 million, followed by Western Cape at an average R50 million per quarter over the Financial Year. Betting GGR in Eastern Cape remains fairly steady at about R30 million.

In the Financial Year 2001/02 the total GGR in South Africa was R6 billion. By 2008/09 this had risen to just under R16 billion, or some R11 billion at constant 2002 prices, an increase of 1.94% on FY2007/08. In FY 2008/09 the gambling industry paid over R1.5 billion (US$137 million) in taxes. As of 31 March there were 36 casinos with 798 gaming tables and just under 22,000 slot machines.
(E-09.04.09)

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