The National Gambling Board was established in terms of the National Gambling Act, Act No 33 of 1996 which was repealed on 01 November 2004 by the National Gambling Act, 2004, (Act No 7 of 2004) ('the Act').

The Act makes provision for the oversight of matters relating to casinos, gambling, betting and wagering and promotes uniform norms and standards in relation to gambling throughout South Africa.

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Vision

“To be a world-class organisation, providing a national regulatory framework in the gambling industry.”

Mission

Ensuring uniformity, harmonisation and integrity of the gambling industry in South Africa, by enforcing compliance with National Gambling Act and ensuring compliance with other relevant legislation, viz, Financial Intelligence Centre Act; Public Finance Management Act and provincial gambling Acts.

We do this through:

a)	the creation and establishment of uniform norms and standards;
b)	the creation and establishment of uniform (harmonised) rules and regulations;
c)	conducting oversight evaluations of the performance of provincial licensing authorities;
d)	evaluating the issuing of national licenses by provincial licensing authorities;
e)	evaluating the compliance monitoring of licensees by provincial licensing authorities;
f)	assisting provincial licensing authorities to ensure that unlicensed gambling activities are detected;
g)	monitoring socio-economic patterns of gambling activity in the Republic; and
h)	conducting research on addictive/compulsive gambling and the socio-economic impact of gambling.