At present, you can go to penitentiary and too pay a huge fine for indulging - but Lady Luck might now soon smile at you. South Africans treating in online gaming in SA are doing so unlawfully - even if the service providers are actually based in some other country or authority, or grasp a license to work from other country. Nobody is certified for online gambling in South Africa.

Themba Marasha, chief operations officer of the National Gambling Board, recently stated he had come near several bodies that have broken the limit on advertising, promoting and selling online gambling organizations. However, Internet gambling might soon become legal in SA.