Thu May 23 03:29:51 SAST 2013

'S.Africa a nation of gamblers'

Nov 14, 2012 | Miranda Andrew | 7 comments

Money spent on gambling in a year equates to about R8,000 per adult gambler

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Thu May 23 03:29:52 SAST 2013 ::
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Nov 14, 2012

antie

See, this is what I have against statistics. Neither I, nor anyone in my family have ever gambled, yet now SAns spend R 8 000.00 per adult per year on gambling. I have seen many Chin.ese and India.n/Pakistan.i people gambling when we go eat at BBQ, so I'd really like to know if casinos know everyone's citizenship.
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Nov 14, 2012

MsKinkyakaKamaSutra

South Africans spent R257.6 billion on gambling in 2011, according to a report by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC)
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Holy sh!t, that is enough money to settle the e-toll debt.............
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Nov 14, 2012

MommaC

I don't gamble at all. I don't even play Lotto. Closest I come to gambling is playing for matchsticks in a Gin Rummy game.

About 25 years ago, there used to be a bookie that went by the name of Fats. After one of the races, all the bookies went down to Suncity. Fats lost R100,000 on one roll of the roulette wheel - I have never forgotten how horrified I was to see it. He just laughed it off
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Nov 14, 2012

Google12

My collegues always play Sport takes and they always win. Last week this guy won R10 000.00. I am so close to gamble as well.
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Nov 14, 2012

antie

Google12, to win a small fortune, you must first lose a big fortune, so be careful.
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Nov 15, 2012

amlaga

I play horses on my mobile phone so I can supplement my life style. Have to pay for the bond,school fees,my VW G5,R3500 groceries,CC's,2x makwapheni's,W&L,my beers, legosha,the list goes on!
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Nov 16, 2012

swona

lotto! thats the easy way of getting money, though you have one chance out of 25million, its worth a try!
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