According to the annual report of the National Gaming Board in South Africa, the country currently has 11,502 limited payout machines or LPMs – the name South Africa gives to what Europe calls AWPs.
The nine states of the country each has an allocation of machines and Gauteng accounts for 20 per cent of the total. KwaZulu-Natal and Western Cape each has 18 per cent and the lowest numbers are in Northern Cape, with just four per cent. There are 2,188 LPM operators and 37 bingo halls.
The country has 38 casinos in operation, containing just under 24,000 slots and 907 tables. The total turnover of the market is ZAR372.9bn (€22.3bn), providing GGR of ZAR26.9bn (€1.6bn). Taxes totalled ZAR2.7bn (€161.8m).
The report also noted that bingo was showing the most expansion in the market. It stated that there was a marked decline in GGR market share by casinos between 2010 and 2017 but a steady increase in market share by betting, LPMs and bingo. Casinos accounted for 84.4 per cent of GGR in 2010 but that was down to 66.4 per cent in 2017.
