National Gambling Act, 1996 (Act No. 33 of 1996)1. Definitions |
In this Act, unless the context otherwise indicates-
means stake any money or thing of value or, expressly or impliedly, undertake, promise or agree to stake any money or thing of value on the result or contingency of or relating to any sporting or athletic contest, competition, tournament or game usually attended by the public;
means the National Gambling Board established by section 2;
means any premises in or on which gambling is conducted under a casino licence issued by a provincial licensing authority;
means play any gambling game, bet or wager on any lawful event, excluding any lawful lottery or sports pool;
means any game, whether or not the result thereof is determined by chance, played with playing cards, dice, gambling machines or gambling devices for money, property, cheques, credit or anything of value other than an opportunity to play a further game, including, without derogating from the generality of the aforegoing, roulette, bingo, twenty-one, black-jack, chemin de fer and baccarat, and excluding any lawful lottery;
means a person appointed under section 14;
means the Minister responsible for the administration of this Act;
means an opportunity which cannot be distributed or transferred to the person who has won such an opportunity or to any other person, for any purpose other than to use such opportunity without any interruption to continue playing the type of game in respect of which the opportunity was won, but does not include an opportunity which can in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, be converted into money, property, cheques, credit or anything of value, or can be so converted in terms of any scheme, arrangement, system, plan or device which the Minister may from time to time by notice in the Gazette declare not to be an opportunity to play a further game;
means a person as defined in section 190A of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1993 (Act No. 200 of 1993), including members of the Provincial Houses of Traditional Leaders, the Council of Traditional Leaders, the Volkstaat Council and any local government, and any official of a political party;
means a body established by a law of a provincial legislature relating to gambling;
includes any regulation made under section 17.