Limpopo Gambling Board Final

The status of licensed establishments in the Limpopo Province included three Casinos, two LPM Route Operators, 240 LPM Site operators, five Bingo Operators, seven Bingo Sites, nine Bookmaker Operators and 95 Bookmaker sites, and one Totalisator with 25 Totalisator Sites. Nine entities which provided gambling related goods and services to the licensed gambling and betting establishments were issued with Certificates of Suitability. In September 2022, the Board received 4 Type A LPM Site licence applications from Vukani Gaming Limpopo (Pty) Ltd and 3 Type A LPM Site licence applications from Goldrush Gaming Limpopo (Pty) Ltd. Thirteen (13) Type A LPM site licence applications received were finalised by 31 March 2023. The finalised LPM Site licence applications were considered by the Compliance and Enforcement Committee during the financial year. LPM Site Licence Licences were granted to the following Applicants:

Applicant

Location

No. of LPMs

1 Lekarati Liquor Licence

Sekgosese, Capricorn District

5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5

2 Real Pub

Shongoane Phalala, Waterberg District Lephalale, Waterberg District Sekgakgapeng, Waterberg District

3 House of Galilee 4 Marks Tavern

5 The Guys Liquor Restaurant

Bochum, Capricorn District Mohodi, Capricorn District Moutse, Sekhukhune District Mapela, Waterberg District Mankweng, Capricorn District Tzaneen, Mopani District Dzanani, Vhembe District Modimolle, Waterberg District

6 Capital M Bar Lounge

7

Ben’s Bar Lounge

8 Tshobi Liquor Restaurant

9 Top Notch

10 Limpopo Liquor Restaurant 11 Mutshotso Bar Lounge

12 Nylstroom BuiteKlub

13 Nasol (Pty) Ltd t/a Top Notch Mankweng, Capricorn District

Three Bookmaker sites - VBetSA (Pty) Ltd Thaba Junction, VBetSA (Pty) Ltd Mamaila and Betting World (Pty) Ltd Thohoyandou were opened during the financial year. By the end of the financial year, 58 out of the 95 licensed Bookmaker sites were operational whilst 22 out of the 25 Totalisator sites were operational. Four Bettagaming Limpopo (Pty) Ltd Bookmaker sites in Elim, Thohoyandou, Louis Trichardt and Lephalale were temporarily closed. The Bookmaker Operator cited that the operation of the sites was not commercially viable and relocation of the licensed sites to other areas in the province would be sought. In March 2023, the Financial Intelligence Centre (FIC) notified the Limpopo Gambling Board that the Entity had been relieved of FICA Supervisory responsibilities following the amendment of the FICA; however, the FIC committed to enter into a new Memorandum of Understanding with the LGB for the purpose of collaborating on FICA Inspections, FICA awareness campaigns, registration of licensees and monitoring issues of beneficial ownership. At the same time, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) had, after the mutual evaluation conducted in 2019, placed South Africa on the grey list because the country did not have sufficient mechanisms in place to monitor and combat money laundering and terrorist financing activities. This was despite

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