South Africa Constitutional Court dismisses casino operators’ gambling tax appeals
South Africa’s Constitutional Court dismissed appeals by two casino operators over whether non-cashable freeplay credits count as taxable revenue under Western and Eastern Cape gambling laws. The court said the cases concerned provincial statutory interpretation and did not raise constitutional issues within its jurisdiction; each party was ordered to bear the respondents’ costs.
The dismissal leaves the operators’ dispute over the tax treatment of freeplay credits unresolved at the Constitutional Court level.