I’m not really surprised. Last week, the North Gauteng High Court ruled in favor of a ban on online gambling throughout the nation of South Africa. With the new legal decision on their side, the Gauteng Gambling Board (GGB) vowed to combat online gambling operations in the country and prosecute any that remain in operation.

As a result, most online gambling operators based in the country have shut down. One, however, Piggs Peak, said that they would not back down. Stating that they are challenging the ban in court, they said that they would not shut down “until the appeal has been heard and the outcome determined.” It was tough talk, but when threatened with jail time, you can’t blame a company for giving in. On midnight August 28, the online casino stopped operating, though they are still appealing the online gambling ban.

Piggs Peak is based in Swaziland, South Africa and operates legal brick and mortar casinos in the country as well as online casinos that are now deemed illegal. Though their initial response sounded like defiance, the Operations Director, Lew Saul Koor, now says that it was a misunderstanding. He says that he was under the impression that Piggs Peak would be allowed to operate the business as usual during the appeal process. When informed that the online casino must be shut down immediately, he complied.

He then issued a statement saying that the online casino is shut down “until our application for appeal has been heard and the outcome is announced, which we feel should take no more than a week or so.” By contacting customer service at the website, existing customers are able to withdraw money from their account if they wish to do so.

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