Sun City Casino
Sun City, South Africa
850 slots40 tables8 poker1,250 rooms
Sun City was built in the 1970s in what was then the nominally independent homeland of Bophuthatswana, where gambling was legal while banned in South…
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Casinos in South Africa
4 venues recorded across 3 regions and destinations.
South Africa legalised casinos nationally in 1996, replacing an earlier arrangement in which gaming was confined to the nominally independent homelands. Licences were then allocated by province, with a fixed number per province, which produced large single properties serving metropolitan catchments rather than casino districts.
The resulting venues are entertainment complexes as much as gaming floors: cinema multiplexes, theatres, hotels and themed retail are standard, and several were designed around a single architectural conceit. Sun City, built in the 1970s before national legalisation, remains the best-known property and sits two hours from Johannesburg.
| Field | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Continent | Africa | |
| Currency on the floor | South African rand (ZAR) | |
| Minimum age | 18 | documented |
| Regulator | National Gambling Board and provincial gambling boards | documented |
Entry ages and regulator names are summarised for orientation and are not legal advice. See gambling age and entry rules around the world.
Regions and destinations
| Place | Venues | Within it |
|---|---|---|
| Cape Town | 1 | — |
| Johannesburg | 2 | — |
| Sun City | 1 | — |
Venues recorded here
Montecasino
Johannesburg, South Africa
1,700 slots70 tables10 poker400 rooms
Montecasino opened in 2000 at Fourways in northern Johannesburg, built as an indoor reproduction of a Tuscan village: painted ceilings imitating sky…
Emperors Palace
Johannesburg, South Africa
1,700 slots70 tables12 poker700 rooms
Emperors Palace stands opposite O. R. Tambo International Airport at Kempton Park, which makes it the most convenient South African casino for…
GrandWest Casino
Cape Town, South Africa
2,500 slots80 tables10 poker400 rooms
GrandWest is the principal casino in Cape Town, at Goodwood on the N1 corridor between the city and the northern suburbs. It opened in 2000 under the…