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Don’t miss out on ZAR Casino’s incredible blitz of draws that will take place over the next two months. Up for grabs are two luxury cars, 50 x extreme driving courses, real diamonds and lots and lots of cash! All you need to do is play at this fantastic South African-friendly online casino and you’ll be in the draw for one of these rewards.

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In a pre-Series B round, the South African gaming startup company, Carry1st, managed to secure hundreds of millions of rands in funds. The group said that it will use the money to develop, license and launch new titles and expand its brand.

The company closed on $27 million (close to R500 million). The money will also be used to expand its Pay1st brand.

They say that diamonds are a girl’s best friend, but we reckon that anyone would love to get their hands on one of the beauties being given away by ZAR Casino this month!

There are four 4-carat diamonds up for grabs in the Romancing the Reels promo. If you’re looking for an online casino offer with a ‘Wow’ factor, with literally dazzling prizes in its prize pool – this is the one!

With the weekend nearly upon us, we’re bringing you a couple of great promotions running at Europa Casino. These offers are the perfect promos to end off the week with, and provide you with extra chances of winning.

The first offer is the Double Up Fridays for top notch slot play and the second is the Friday Big Quiz for spectacular live game show fun. It goes without saying that these two are just a sampling of the fantastic range of special offers found on the Europa Casino promo page.

Here’s a new online casino promotion that is decidedly out of this world. Online promos aren’t alien to most of us, but when we reach for the stars, we can receive some great prizes right into our accounts. Are those enough alien-themed words and phrases to give you a hint about what the latest igaming promotion is all about? So, here’s the real deal: Thunderbolt Casino is offering players free spins on the brand-new Alien Wins slot throughout the month of February!

The new Alien Wins slot landed in the games lobby of online casinos such as Thunderbolt Casino and Springbok Casino at the start of this month.

Playtech Plc, the London-listed gambling software developer which provides its top-notch games to many South African online casinos, announced that it expects to achieve excellent financial results for 2022 fiscal year.

In a trading update, Playtech said that it expects to achieve solid numbers, and that its 2022 revenue should hit €400 million (R2 billion). According to Playtech, its business continues to perform strongly since the release of its previous interim results in September 2022. Adjusted EBITDA for 2022 is expected to increase by 26%.

February 1, 2023, Johannesburg, South Africa (Press Release) – February is the month of love – and South Africa’s Springbok Casino loves whales! This month they’ve published a collection of trailers from movies starring whales that includes Free Willy, Finding Dory and Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home.

The list of whale-themed movies begins with Free Willy (1993), a feel-good classic where a 12-year-old orphan forms a close bond with a young captive killer whale and helps him escape. Blackfish (2013) is a documentary about whales in captivity, and how subjecting them to a tiny confined space for human entertainment is horrendously cruel and unusual punishment.

Sun International’s flagship South African land-casino, Sun City hosted celebrations in honor of the Chinese Year of the Rabbit recently.

The hotel and casino resort was decked out in its all its red and gold finery as it welcomed revelers in a three day event, from January 20 – 22nd. The event was held in association with the SA-Chinese Community Police Cooperation Center and Shunde Dining Entertainment Group. It was also an excellent opportunity to mark the 25th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between South Africa and China.

January 27, 2022, Johannesburg, South Africa (Press Release) Online gambling in South Africa has seen significant growth in recent years, with more and more people turning to the internet to place bets and play casino games. This trend is driven by a number of factors, including the convenience and accessibility of online gambling, as well as the increased availability of mobile devices and high-speed internet.

Unlike traditional brick-and-mortar casinos, online gambling sites can be accessed from anywhere, at any time, making it easy for players to place bets and play games whenever they want. This is especially appealing to people who live in rural or remote areas, where access to traditional casinos is limited.

It’s another week and that means that Springbok Casino has come out with yet another announcement regarding a new slot due to land in its games lobby.

This time around, South Africa’s favorite online gaming site has announced that Giant Fortunes will launch on February 15th. The new 5 reel, 25 pay line game will be available via download, instant play and mobile. In other words, there’s no excuse for giving this game a miss!

Sun International’s hugely successful casino, GrandWest in Cape Town will be on the receiving end of a massive expansion project, according to the South African gambling and hospitality group.

Sun International explained that it will be investing R122 million in the initial stages of the expansion plan, which will be mainly spent on the expansion of the GrandWest Grand Casino.

Changes to the complex, considered the busiest in Sun International’s portfolio, include the construction of a separate 250 room, 4-star conference hotel to meet the growing needs of tourists and businesspeople visiting Cape Town.

For years, we’ve being switching some of our most basic activities to the online world. Whether we shop, bank or even date online, there is something to be said for the convenience of it all. So, it comes as no surprise that in recent times, more and more South Africans are buying their lottery tickets online. And of course, if more lottery tickets are bought online or remotely, a natural consequence of that fact is that more lottery jackpots are won by players who purchased their tickets remotely.

Recently, South Africa’s National Lottery operator, Ithuba, announced that 2022 was the year where a record number of people won their jackpots on tickets bought via banking apps. The majority of South African winners who played and won the Powerball and Lotto division one jackpots via a banking app were users of the First National Bank banking app.

Don’t you wish that you were a psychic and could foretell your online casino jackpot wins before playing? But here’s the next best thing. South Africa’s favorite gaming site, Springbok Casino is inviting you to play the brand new Tarot Destiny slot, which is launching in its casino lobby this week, and you could be looking at big rewards in your future!

This is a 10 pay line, 5 x 3 slot game with a mysterious fortune-telling theme. You’ll find Crystal Balls, Treasure Chests and Tarot Cards on the reels, as well as lots of bonus symbols to take your play to a new level!

The world of online gambling wouldn’t be complete without progressive jackpot games to keep players entertained and rewarded. These are fun to play and loaded with literally millions of ZAR to win through pooled jackpots. Here are some of the hottest progressive jackpot slots that you can enjoy in 2023. And the best news? They can all be played under one virtual roof at Casino.com!

Some of the best progressive slot games are old favorites that always remain popular. Case in point is Playtech/Ash Gaming’s 2011 release Leprechaun’s Luck.

The manager for security at Sun City Casino has spoken about the many advantages of using the new Dallmeier Panomera W8 camera on the casino floor at one of South Africa’s oldest and most renowned land-based casinos.

According to Hendrik Strauss, Resort Security and Surveillance Manager for Sun City Casino, excellent surveillance equipment for large indoor areas is one of the basic elements required to run a secure operation.

Whoever said that nothing exciting happens in January, hasn’t seen the flurry of new casino games landing in the game lobbies of popular online casinos. Take Casino.com, for example. Even though the festive season has wound down, there is a lot to celebrate at one of South Africa’s favorite gaming sites.

The January line-up at Casino.com includes new games with exciting themes, exclusive titles and even a third installment in a spine-tingling series.

Let’s take a closer look at what’s in store for players at Casino.com this month.

One very lucky player from Gauteng kicked off 2023 with a massive multi-million rand win, after landing the Lotto jackpot on New Year’s Eve.

The 51-year-old Roodeport man played the December 31st Lotto (draw 2295), and was thrilled to discover soon afterward that he was the winner of a R32 million prize!

The man bought his lucky ticket using the Quick Pick method, meaning that he let the machine choose his numbers. The ticket was purchased at Pick ‘n Pay.

New Year’s Eve may be behind us but that’s no reason to end the party. In fact, if it were up to us, we’d be celebrating the start of 2023 until the end of this month at least! To help keep the festivities going, we’ve chosen to hone in on one online slot game that will certainly keep you in the mood. We’re talking about one of our favorite New Year-themed slots, Playtech’s New Year’s Bonanza.

If you’re looking for hardcore partying and lots of glitz, you won’t find it on the reels of this game. In fact, we can safely say that you celebrate in class and style with New Year’s Bonanza.

Blink and it may be gone! But if you’re super-fast and quick to take action, they you can grab your share of R150,000 at ZAR Casino in the coming days! The SA-friendly online casino is running its Old Lang Syne Leaderboard competition until January 4th, and you’re being invited to take part in this blitz promo.

It’s pretty simple to become part of the leaderboard competition. Every time you make a deposit into your ZAR Casino account and play the games at this site, you’ll earn points on the leaderboard. The top 100 players by the time the competition ends on Wednesday will share R150,000 in cash and bonus money towards future play at ZAR Casino.

One of South Africa’s favorite online casinos, Punt Casino bid adieu to 2022 and welcomed in the new year with an explosive summary of the past year. The site made some seriously big moves in 2022, including the introduction of a brilliant new welcome bonus and the addition of thousands of new top-notch games for players to enjoy.

Although one of the best features of Punt Casino was its generous welcome bonus, the casino felt that it could go the extra mile and give players even more value for their money. As such, Punt Casino made some changes to its welcome offer and is currently offering players a truly stellar deal: A 150% match bonus, as well as 15 free spins on Reevo’s Gods vs Titans slot.