PRESENTATION ON THE ONLINE GAMBLING - REGULATION 2 March 2012
What is online gambling? Making South Africa a Global Leader in Harnessing ICTs for Socio-economic Development
What do we regulate when we regulate online gambling? REGULATION What do we regulate when we regulate online gambling? Making South Africa a Global Leader in Harnessing ICTs for Socio-economic Development
ONLINE TRANSACTION Internet access & service providers Hosting, data processing & content delivery Internet search engines & portals Networked Content development platform E-Commerce Intermediaries Payment systems Making South Africa a Global Leader in Harnessing ICTs for Socio-economic Development
Internet access & service providers Provide backbone ICT infrastructure ISP’s provide local, national internet services Governing legislation ICASA Act Electronic Communications Act Electronic and Transaction Act Industry code of conduct Making South Africa a Global Leader in Harnessing ICTs for Socio-economic Development 5 5
Hosting, data processing & content delivery Entities that provide infrastructure for web hosting services and data processing including domain registrars “cloud computing” No legislation that govern this industry. Hosting could be outside legal jurisdiction of SA. Making South Africa a Global Leader in Harnessing ICTs for Socio-economic Development 6 6
Internet search engines & portals Aid in navigation on the internet e.g. yahoo, Google Search engines and portals provide free services to their users, at huge cost. Investment and operating costs often funded from advertising. Online gambling does and will continue to impact this industry. Making South Africa a Global Leader in Harnessing ICTs for Socio-economic Development
E-Commerce Connect buyers and suppliers and enable internet transaction e.g. Amazon, eBay, Kalahari etc. Governed by the ECT Act-objective among others to provide for the facilitation and regulation of electronic communications and transactions. ECT Act under review. Making South Africa a Global Leader in Harnessing ICTs for Socio-economic Development
Internet access and service providers? Conclusion When we talk about regulating online gambling, what is it that we intend regulating? Internet access and service providers? Web hosting, data processing “the cloud”? Internet search engines & Portals? E-Commerce intermediaries? Making South Africa a Global Leader in Harnessing ICTs for Socio-economic Development
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