This week, members of the South African Parliament will again vote on a higher tax on gross profits from betting companies and casinos.

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The current rate of tax is 7.5 per cent but there is a proposal to ramp this up to 50 per cent.

The proposals, by no means uniformly acceptable in political circles in South Africa, have been greeted with uproar from the industry that has said that it would be fatal to the business.