Gauteng off course bookmakers association

Kwazulunatal bookmakers society and another v phumelela. Welcome to goba gauteng offcourse bookmakers association. Phumelela wins longstanding legal battle against bookmakers. Oconner was also the chairman of the gauteng offcourse bookmakers association. The matters will be heard before the board at the gauteng gambling board auditorium on 9 october 2014 at 10am. In the licensed bookmaking and totalisator environments, all betting transactions are required to be conducted by means of computerised wagering software, which is required to comply with the prevailing technical standards, and which similarly tracks and records each and every betting transaction and is capable of generating a range of reports.

Essentially tellytrack took over the television broadcasting of horse racing from an organization known as ign. Oncourse bookies battle against odds london evening. In february, 39 bookmakers in gauteng and the gauteng offcourse bookmakers association applied for an interdict against tellytrack, but lost on the basis it was not urgent. News of his death has been filtering through the industry and messages of. Having lost their case in the high court, the kwazulunatal bookmakers society and the gauteng offcourse bookmakers association, appealed to the supreme court of appeal. The bookmakers further contended that provinces were therefore not authorised to issue totalisator licences for betting on sports other than horse racing. The gauteng off course bookmakers association goba the western cape bookmakers association wcba. The gambling board will also adjudicate the dispute lodged by gauteng off course bookmakers association goba against phumelela. The association of south african bookmakers founded in 1951, the south african bookmakers association is the leading voluntary association for bookmakers. Since inception in 1900, goba remains south africas trusted, provincial off course bookmakers association, spanning over 100 years of collective industry experience. Bright future for oncourse bookmakers far from a safe bet busy galway festival the exception to the rule as digitalisation sees business move offcourse. Gauteng offcourse bookmakers association, being voluntary associations whose members hold bookmaker s licences hereafter collectively referred to as the bookmakers, contend that on a proper interpretation of the lotteries act, the legislature has prohibited totalisator betting on sports other than horse racing in the.

Bright future for oncourse bookmakers far from a safe bet. On july 2015 the kwazulunatal bookmakers society kznbs, the gauteng off course bookmakers association goba and the western cape bookmakers association wcba served notice of their intention to make application to the pretoria high court for orders, inter alia, declaring that phumelela and kenilworth racing are unlawfully operating a totalisator sports betting operation. The tellytrack channel in its varying forms has been broadcast in south africa since 1992. Lower attendances weaken the rings ability to withstand offcourse bookmakers laying off vast amounts of money to balance their books.