South Africa Looks to Make Internet Poker Legal

Recently the South African Parliament passed a bill that may just legalize online gambling, which includes online poker. The Department of Trade and Industry sponsored bill, National Gambling Amendment bill, was passed by the parliament and laid out a few stipulations for online gambling to work, including a national licensing program. Servers and records of online businesses would also have to be located in South Africa. Age verification processes would have to be in place as well, to ensure that only 18 years old and older patrons would play.