Ngubeni’s Plan To Revolutionise Gambling Industry In Gauteng

STEVEN Ngubeni, the chief executive of the Gauteng Gambling Board [GGB] is quietly planning a gambling revolution by asking government to legalise interactive gambling, move the industry towards full automation and continue to clamp down on illegal gambling by raiding and shutting down illegal sites.

All of this is aimed at increasing the gambling tax revenue that the board collects for the Gauteng province.

Gambling taxes form a critical part of the province’s own revenue collection, alongside motor vehicle licensing fees and other permits.

Since its inception, the Gambling Board has collected over R14 billion in tax revenues and contributed 17,5% to the Gauteng revenue fund in the year to March 2020.

The entity collected just under R1 billion in the year to March 2020, despite the challenges brought by the Covid19 pandemic. Before the pandemic, the revenue in the year to March 2019 stood at R1, 13 billion, which