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Zambia to Establish a Regulator for Lottery

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June 3, 2021

Niji Narayan

Zambia to Establish a Regulator for Lottery

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The government of Zambia has decided to set up a regulator for the gaming and lottery activities in the country. The move precedes widespread complaints about the lack of strong regulation to streamline lottery and gambling activities.

North-western Province Permanent Secretary Willies Mangimela emphasised the need to have proper regulations:

“As you may be aware the government has noted with concern that the current legislations for gaming and lotteries sector in the country are fragmented resulting in loss of revenue to the government.”

He added that committee has been formed to establish a regulator:

“It is my hope that this process will culminate into responsive legislation that will enable the Ministry of Finance harmonize and establish a regulator of gaming and lotteries in Zambia.”

Both online and land-based casinos will come under the purview of the new regulation.

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Niji Narayan

Niji Narayan has been in the writing industry for well over a decade or so. He prides himself as one of the few survivors left in the world who have actually mastered the impossible art of copy editing. Niji graduated in Physics and obtained his Master’s degree in Communication and Journalism. He has always interested in sports writing and travel writing. He has written for numerous websites and his in-depth analytical articles top sports magazines like Cricket Today and Sports Today. He reports gaming industry headlines from all around the globe.