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July 17 2020 – As its annual 67 Minutes Campaign contribution, South Africa’s Thunderbolt Casino has just donated R40,000 to the Isithembiso Babies Home in Port Elizabeth.

Isithembiso provides a safe place for children under 3 year who have been abandoned, abused or neglected. They are nurtured, loved and helped to develop their physical, emotional and cognitive abilities. Isithembiso works hand-in-hand with social services to place each precious child with a foster or adoptive home or reunite them with their families.

Patron of the now-defunct Carousel Casino complains that a floor manager made racist comments to her. Sun International says that there is no evidence of the event and closes the investigation. A platinum member of Sun International’s Most Valued Player (MVP) loyalty program made a direct complaint to the company’s CEO, saying that a manager of Carousel Casino used racial slurs against her. Unfortunately, the casino has since been shut down by Sun International in line with its decision to close some of its properties permanently, and the manager is no longer working for the company.

It was reported in IOL.ca.za that a player by the name of Daphne Kgachane visited The Carousel Casino to play slots on March 20th – one week before the South African government ordered all public places, including casinos, to go into lockdown. According to the player, she asked one of the casino floor managers if she was allowed to play at one of the slot machines that were indicated to be off-limits due to COVID19. He then told her that if she wanted to play at an off-limits machine she should ask President Cyril Ramphosa to open the machine because, as she claims he said, “when it is voting time you go toitoi saying vote ANC.”

While a ban on the sale of cigarettes remains in place under lockdown restrictions, the SA government concedes that casinos are allowed to set aside special areas for their smokers. While a ban on the sale of cigarettes remains in place under lockdown restrictions, the government has conceded that South African casinos are not breaking any laws by setting aside special areas for their smokers.

The question came to light after the newly reopened Suncoast Casino sent out a message to its patrons, saying that they would be allowed to smoke in specially demarcated areas. This is despite the fact that there is currently a national ban on the sale of cigarettes. At the beginning of the month, casinos were allowed to resume operations as long as they adhered to strict procedures in a bid to stop the spread of the coronavirus. Tsogo Sun said in a statement that all changes to the casino floor at Suncoast Casino and its other reopened properties are “in line with the required regulations.”

Sun International’s shareholder, the Chilean investment group, Nueva Inversiones Pacifico Sur (IPS) said that it made a formal proposal to the South African hotel and casino operator to acquire a majority stake. However, Sun International rejected the offer to acquire 50.1% out of hand. According to a number of news sources, the proposal from IPS was unsolicited & non-binding. The Chilean firm said that it would pay R22 per share, essentially valuing Sun International at R3 billion.

The offer pushed Sun International’s share prices up to R17.70 when the market closed this week. It should be noted that a year ago, Sun International’s share prices were trading at R50.34 & even six months ago, they were R40.53 a share.

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South Africans are quite rightly fascinated by the country’s diverse and exotic wildlife. This month, Springbok Casino shares stories and videos about Africa’s Wild Dogs. Related to wolves, coyotes, hyenas and jackals, Wild Dogs are tall, lean hunters with oversized ears and four, rather than five toes.

“Wild Dogs are amazingly skilled hunters,” said Daniel Van Wyck, South African wildlife afficionado and manager of Springbok Casino. “They can run as fast as 70 kilometers per hour for up to ten minutes, so their prey find them nearly impossible to escape!”

The effects of the COVID19 pandemic continue to be felt on the South African casino and hospitality industry. Recently Marriot International announced that it was terminating its relationship with three local hotels. Tsogo Sun Hotels (via its subsidiary, Hospitality Property Fund) owns a controlling stake in the hotels and this week said that it would be taking over the three hotels.

At present, the hotels are closed and Tsogo Sun Hotels said that would be working with Marriot to make sure that the properties are secured and maintained until they open once more.

The South African government announced on Wednesday that the country’s hospitality sector, including casinos,hotels,resorts and restaurants will be allowed to reopen, as lockdown restrictions are eased. The news was welcomed by SA casino giants such as Sun International and Tsogo Sun, who have seen their businesses rocked by the COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting closure of their facilities.

Sun International has already responded to the news, saying that it plans to open its gambling and hotel establishments, although the openings will be staggered as the group adapts its facilities to new health and safety protocols.

In a bid to offset losses from the forced closure of its brick-and-mortar gambling venues due to COVID-19, Tsogo Sun Gaming is said to be looking at other sources of revenue. South Africa’s premier casino operator is reportedly eyeing the online gambling and sports betting market, and this has even been confirmed by the group’s chief executive officer, Chris du Toit.

According to the CEO, the group is “in an advanced stage of entering the online betting industry.” He said that online gambling was a “separate segment of the market” but that it was “a natural progression for casinos to offer products online, and if done responsibly on licensee level, can protect the substantial investment and jobs created by casinos.”

It’s been a long few months for the South African casino and hospitality industries, but there may be a glimmer of good news if pressure on the government pays off. The casino industry is pushing to be allowed to see restrictions stemming from the coronavirus, eased on its brick-and-mortar facilities. Big players in the industry such as Tsogo Sun and Sun International, which employ over 20,000 people in the country, want to be allowed to operate under Level 3.

The casino sector wants to allow facilities to reopen, and has promised to adhere to all health protocols if given the green light.

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South Africa’s leading gambling and hospitality group, Sun International, has pledged R2 million to the country’s National Solidarity Fund. The money comes directly from 15,000 members of the group’s Most Valued Guests (MVG) loyalty programme, who pledged their points in a bid to help their fellow South Africans.

When the pandemic caused the government to put the country into lockdown, Sun International froze all casino points accumulated by MVG members. The group then offered its members two alternatives – to donate the points to the Solidarity Fund or retain the points until they were able to use them again after lockdown. An amazing 15,000 customers decided to pledge the points towards the fund.

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June 1, 2020 Johannesburg (Press Release) -- A lot of people have extra time on their hands these days. Many of them are spending a lot of that time watching videos on YouTube – including Springbok Casino’s manager, Daniel Van Wyke. This month on the South African casino’s, he’s published the Top 10 Most Viewed Videos on YouTube. Not surprisingly, most of the most popular are music videos.

The absolute top of the charts is the music video for Despacito by Puerto Rican singer Luis Fonsi, featuring Puerto Rican rapper Daddy Yankee. Starring 2006 Miss Universe Zuleyka Rivera, and shot in La Perla neighbourhood of Old San Juan, it’s had nearly 7,000,000,000 billion views and has received 3 Grammies.

As lockdown continues in many areas around the world, including South Africa, an interesting trend has been observed. According to data collected from internet search engines, the interest in online casinos has hit a record high. Google Trends data reports that more people than ever before typed in the words ‘casinos online’ when doing an online search.

The reason for this trend is clear. Governments from around the world are doing everything in their power to stop the spread of COVID-19. One of the first things they did was close all physical gambling venues and cancel all sports events.

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Tsogo Sun, owner of some of South Africa’s most successful casinos and hotel, has called on the government to allow more movement between provinces. If lockdown continues, says the group, it could mean a death sentence for the country’s tourism industry.

In a statement issued by Tsogo Sun last week, the group pointed out that inter-provincial travel is vital for South Africa’s hotel industry, and that the group has been actively lobbying for the relaxation of travel restrictions so that it can begin to open up its hotels and casinos.