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It has taken a global pandemic to make many companies reconsider the direction in which their businesses are heading. Many industries have had to rethink the way they get their products and services to customers, including the South African gambling industry. It was in with that mindset that Tsogo Sun made the decision to gain a foothold in the South African online betting industry. To do so, the group announced that it would be acquiring a 50.1% stake in Bet.co.za. The purchase is being made via Tsogo Sun’s subsidiary Alternative Gaming and the group is paying R49 million to become a major stockholder in South Africa’s premier sports betting and entertainment site.

Tsogo Sun Gaming made an announcement to its shareholders regarding the purchase on Friday, in which it said: “The acquisition represents a strategic opportunity for Tsogo Sun Gaming to enter the online betting space via an existing, developing business.”

An article which appeared in iol.co.za recently showed that one of the impacts that COVID-19 has had on South Africans is that more gamblers than ever are taking their gambling online. It was shown that online betting is on the increase in SA as brick-and-mortar casinos are slowly coming out of lockdown, but are still operating under very strict conditions.

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As the coronavirus continues to spread through South Africa, more and more lottery fans are changing the way they buy tickets into their favourite games. As a result, we are seeing more winners than ever on tickets purchased online or through banking apps. The latest incredible win from a remote ticket purchase came in one of the more recent Powerball Plus draws. The winner has stepped forward to claim his massive R153 million prize – the biggest Powerball Plus payout to date!

Operator of South African’s National Lottery, Ithuba, said that the winner bought his ticket via the Standard Bank app. The man has preferred to remain anonymous, but it has been revealed that he hails from KwaZulu-Natal and that he is an employed professional.

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The South African gambling public has surprised everyone by making a more than satisfactory return to favourite casino hubs in July. The government finally gave the green light for casinos to open up, after being shut down for so long due to the coronavirus. Ten out of Sun International’s eleven casinos are now operating in South Africa. The group reported this week that it has paid out over R22.4 million in jackpots in the first two weeks of reopening. Two new millionaires were created overnight and over 140 jackpots worth over R50K each were also paid out.

“We were quite surprised in the first two weeks when we opened in July, we were probably trading at about 50 to 60% of prior year levels,” said Graham Wood, Sun International’s group COO for Hospitality.

TAs the hotel and gaming entity Tsogo Sun continues to battle the financial effects of lockdown caused by COVID-19, the group’s hospitality arm, Tsogo Sun Hotels announced that is set to sell its interest in a Seychelles asset. Tsogo Sun announced last week that it intends selling its 50% stake in United Resorts and Hotels, which has assets in the Indian Ocean archipelagic island country, for R465 million. The money will be used to reduce Tsogo Sun Hotel’s debt, which, at the end of March this year, was reflected as R3.3 billion.

South Africa’s casino and hospitality industries, which includes iconic groups such as Tsogo Sun and Sun International, has been struggling to survive as a long lockdown wreaked havoc on their portfolios.

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