Three weeks after the South African Bookmakers’ Association (SABA) declared the debate around illegal offshore gambling, Coleman says concrete legislative movement has yet to materialise. He was careful to emphasise that ISPs should not be viewed as solely responsible for tackling illegal gambling. “Our position has never been that ISPs should bear sole responsibility for combating illegal gambling,” he said. If consumers cannot easily find illegal operators, cannot easily fund accounts, and are better informed about the risks involved, illegal operators become substantially less attractive, he said. South Africa should therefore adopt international best practice while tailoring its response to its own legislative, economic and technological environment.