New casino-type gaming terminals located in bingo halls in the South African province of Gauteng have been mushrooming in an unregulated way, posing a threat to the limited payout machine industry.
Unlike limited payout machines, these casino-style terminals have no limits on stakes or winnings and jackpots are permitted, Limited Payout Machine Association chairman Elias Mphande told the National Council of Provinces’ select committee on economic and foreign affairs.
He said the new bingo gaming terminals mimicked the games of chance typically found in casinos and used bingo as a guise. They were unregulated by any law and fell outside the government’s policy framework for the gambling industry.
The association called for a moratorium on the issuing of bingo licences until the law had been changed to regulate them.
