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- News
- February 15, 2025
- 26 views
Playing to Forget, How South Africans Use Slots to Silence Grief
There’s something peculiar about the soft hum of a slot machine. It doesn’t demand anything from you. It doesn’t challenge your decisions or interrogate your feelings. It just spins. It…
- News
- February 14, 2025
- 40 views
South Africa’s Most Mysterious Missing Lottery Wins
There’s a small collection of urban legends in South Africa that don’t quite make the headlines but still get whispered in bars and taxi queues, the stories of lottery jackpots…
- Winners
- February 9, 2025
- 141 views
Profiles of Major Lottery Winners and Their Stories
For millions of people around the world, playing the lottery is more than a weekly ritual, it’s a ticket to the dream. The dream of never worrying about bills again.…
- News
- February 8, 2025
- 17 views
The TikTok Fortune-Tellers of Tembisa, When Astrology Meets Aviator
It starts with a phone camera, a flick of lip gloss, and a deck of tarot cards pulled from a velvet pouch bought at the China Mall. Behind her, a…
- News
- February 4, 2025
- 76 views
The Numbers Don’t Lie, But the Dreams Do
Every number has a story, and Sipho would tell you that without hesitation. For the past twelve years, he has played the same five digits in the lotto, never wavering.…
- News
- February 2, 2025
- 33 views
The Card Cutters, South Africa’s Independent Casino Dealer Schools
It’s just after 8 a.m. on a Wednesday in central Durban. While most of the city is still warming up for the day, taxis pulling into rank, shop shutters creaking…
- News
- January 28, 2025
- 32 views
The Rise of Ultra-Private High Rollers in South Africa
Somewhere in Sandton, there’s a private room that very few people know about. It isn’t marked by neon signs or velvet ropes. There’s no thumping music, no bouncers with earpieces.…
- News
- January 25, 2025
- 38 views
Betting Culture at the Edge of a Digital South Africa
There’s a taxi rank in the middle of Mpumalanga where a man in his sixties still places his bets with a pen, on paper, in neat handwriting. No app. No…
- News
- January 25, 2025
- 88 views
Prop Bets Explained, How to Capitalise on Niche Betting Markets
In the ever-expanding world of sports betting, punters are no longer confined to betting simply on who wins or loses. Enter proposition bets, better known as prop bets, which let…
- News
- January 24, 2025
- 87 views
How EBTs Became the Casino Floor’s Hidden Stars
I still recall my first time stepping into a South African casino that had recently installed a line of gleaming EBTs (Electronic Bingo Terminals) between the familiar rows of slot…
