Chairperson, I move without notice:
That the Council -
1) notes that the National Responsible Gambling Programme has released results of a survey showing that people are more at risk from informal gambling with dice, cards and fahfee, than from betting on horses or playing a slot machine at a casino;
2) further notes that the survey shows that 19% of the country's gamblers gamble at informal venues, 12% in casinos and 68% play the lottery, and that in the common gambling areas such as White City Jabavu and Javela Park in Johannesburg, people are betting their houses, cars and even wives or partners to fuel their gambling addictions;
3) takes this opportunity to call on structures such as the SA Council on Responsible Gambling, the National Responsible Gambling Programme, and the National Gambling Board to create more programmes to raise awareness about the dangers of informal gambling; and
4) calls on the SA Police and the Metro police to wage a war against this repulsive modernised slavery which is a gross violation of the rights of the women and children used for betting.
Motion agreed to in accordance with section 65 of the Constitution.