Source: National Gambling Board (SA)
South Africa’s National Gambling Board urged the public to report gambling advertising that does not comply with the National Gambling Act, according to the notice. The supplied page text does not give further details of the reporting process or the advertising rules at issue.
The appeal asks the public to alert the board to potentially non-compliant gambling advertising.
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