Source: National Gambling Board (SA)
South Africa’s National Gambling Board welcomed the successful prosecution of people involved in an illegal gambling operation in Hoedspruit, Limpopo. The available page text does not provide further details of the prosecution.
The prosecution concerns enforcement against illegal gambling in Limpopo.
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