JOHANNESBURG - Eyewitness News can reveal that the North West Gambling Board faces dissolution and a criminal investigation after a forensic probe found that board members submitted excessive and fraudulent claims and made irregular appointments.

• Provincial Gambling Board Jobs
• Gauteng Provincial Gambling Board
• Provincial Gambling Board Game
• Provincial Gambling Board Games

Provincial Gambling Board Jobs

The findings are contained in a draft forensic report by audit firm SNG Grant Thornton, which Eyewitness News has seen.

The AGCO is responsible for regulating Ontario’s alcohol, gaming and horse racing sectors and cannabis retail stores in accordance with the principles of honesty and integrity, in the public interest. The Eastern Cape Gambling Board (ECGB) walked off with two awards at the annual Gambling Industry Awards held at Carnival City in Gauteng earlier this month. Overview The mission of the National Gambling Board South Africa (NGB) is to lead the regulation of the gambling industry in the fulfillment of the National Gambling Act (NGA) 7 of 2004 through an effectively regulated and supervised gambling industry that upholds domestic, continental and internationally recognised standards of compliance. The mission of the Eastern Cape Gambling Board (ECGB) is to ensure the Eastern Cape gaming industry conducts itself honestly and competitively, with maximum contribution to society, and to protect public interest through regulation, licensing and appropriate enforcement.

The investigation was launched after allegations of financial mismanagement surfaced.

Two months ago, EWN revealed that the gambling board paid over R1 million to companies linked to its chairperson Lavelle Vere.

The Auditor-General also found the board suffered a net loss of over R4 million in the previous financial year.

Dishonest conduct, gross negligence, fraudulent misrepresentation. This draft forensic report paints a bleak picture of the day-to-day running of the North West Gambling Board.

It indicates that money was paid to board members without checks and balances in place.

It has found that board members have overcharged for their sitting fees and sent excessive travel claims.

Gauteng Provincial Gambling Board

It notes that in one instance, the board chair submitted a claim for three sitting fees on the same day - he also allegedly claimed for attending gala dinners.

He submitted claims of over R400,000 in sitting fees and kilometers of travel in the past financial year while his deputy Lerato Seepe was paid over R500,000.

The draft report also found Seepe didn’t even take the oath of office - or affirmation - when she became a board member as required by law.

The board is also being accused of irregularly appointing the now-suspended CEO Nathan Oliphant, even though he didn’t qualify for the job.

Provincial Gambling Board Game

The draft report recommends the board be dissolved and for a criminal investigation to be conducted into possible fraud by board members.

The board and the North West government did not respond to questions sent to them at the time of publishing.

Provincial Gambling Board Games

NW Gambling Board draft report by Primedia Broadcasting on Scribd