Legislation
Uganda – Uganda to take sports betting into state-owned era
By Phil - 3 June 2019
The Uganda government has confirmed its intention to take control of the country’s sports betting sector.
It confirmed it will stop renewing or issuing licences to new and existing gaming and sports betting companies in the country ‘with immediate effect’ with the long term goal of taking the sector to a state-owned model.
Finance Minister, Matia Kasaija, wrote to Lotteries and Gaming Regulatory Board, the industry regulator, stating: “Based on the Cabinet resolution, I hereby direct you to stop licensing of gaming and betting with immediate effect. After the current licences issued on sports betting expire, the state would have the monopoly on sports betting activities countrywide.”
The Lotteries and Gaming Regulatory Board chairman, Manzi Tumubweine, said: “The board received 60 applications for the licensing of 2019 and evaluated them accordingly.
