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Don’t Look Now, But Online Gambling Is Here To Stay

Or so says a new report only just recently released from none other than Juniper Research. In case you are not quite up to speed on the name, suffice it to say that Juniper Research is a company that specializes in online and digital market research. In other words, a research company that has its finger on the pulse on what’s going on around the world online.

With that in mind, the latest report should certainly be welcomed by online gambling proponents. According to Juniper, despite what the naysayers would have you believe, the indisputable fact is that online gambling is here to stay.

In no uncertain terms, Juniper research points out that online gambling has in one sense of the word, gone mainstream. In other words, not so much a fringe activity by a few fans. Not at all. In fact, according to Juniper, more than 1 in 10 adults are expected to engage in some form of online gambling activity by the year 2019. Yes, you read that right. More than 10 percent.

Interestingly, Juniper Research also took the time to point out that despite the opposition in some areas of the world by land based casino operators, the fact remains that more and more people seek out and enjoy the online casino experience.

With that in mind, Juniper Research also included a section in the report that suggested that more and more governments around the world would be seeking to legalize, regulate and thus tax new online casino operators.

If you think about it, this only makes sense. If people want to enjoy online gambling experiences, if people are going to find a way to enjoy online casinos whether or not they are legal or not, it only makes sense to keep the revenue at home.

Not only that, by legalizing online casinos and only gambling or even online sports betting venues such as seen in the U.K. the state can take steps to ensure that consumers are actually protected.

Now, with all of the above in mind, the next most important question is when South African Parliament members will pull their head out of the sand so to speak and take some progressive action. After all, it is already acknowledged by the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) that South Africans are already venturing online to unauthorized online casinos. Why not keep that money at home in the form of taxes and fees?

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