Readers weigh in on the gambling boom in South Africa, municipal accountability, stock market moves, and corporate job growth

CEO Ulrik Bengtsson sees growth in the online business

For investors, the betting industry should ring ESG alarm bells

South Africa is a textbook case of technology moving ahead of regulation – and new laws need a team approach

Prediction markets are a remarkable tool for gauging what the world thinks is about to happen (but remember: humans are bad at forecasts)

Gambling, grants, ghost workers and more …

Pump.fun allows anyone to launch their own cryptotoken; 98% of those collapse to zero

Treasury’s 20% gambling tax won’t curb addiction. Without regulation and safeguards, it risks punishing vulnerable gamblers and deepening harm

Gambling taps into our biology, allowing our Stone Age brains to be exploited by Digital Age predators

The question is no longer whether to regulate online gambling, but how and when

Gambling has become South Africa’s next addiction crisis, fuelled by smartphones, sleek marketing and weak oversight.

Sean Summers has added his voice to an increasingly strident chorus of businesses speaking out against the unregulated gambling industry. This is now sucking R1.5-trillion from…

South Africans bet trillions and save very little. Investing flips the odds: time and compounding returns quietly build wealth long after luck runs out

In prediction markets, bets fly on anything from Taylor Swift’s engagement to the end of the world. Now big money wants in – and, with it, regulation

South Africa’s gambling industry is booming. But with R1.5-trillion wagered last year, weak regulation leaves the public on the losing end

Sun’s decision to drop its Peermont bid is as much a sign that online gaming is where it’s at, as fatigue with South Africa’s competition authorities

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