SINCE the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1993 (Act No. 200 of 1993), provides in section 126 that a provincial legislature shall be competent to make laws for the province with regard to casinos, gambling and wagering;

AND SINCE the Constitution in the said section empowers Parliament to make provision in an Act of Parliament for the promotion of uniform norms and standards applying generally throughout the Republic with regard to casinos, gambling and wagering;

AND SINCE it is necessary in order to determine national economic policy and to prevent provincial laws from materially prejudicing the economic interests of other provinces and the Republic as a whole;