NLGRB’s responsible gaming drive reaches Nakasongola schools
The outreach is part of the board’s nationwide strategy to combat underage gambling and bring down problem gambling rates in its jurisdiction.
Uganda.- The National Lotteries and Gaming Regulatory Board (NLGRB) has renewed its campaign against underage gambling with a major sensitisation drive across Nakasongola District, targeting more than 4,000 students and teachers.
The Board’s responsible gaming team visited four secondary schools, including St. Joseph’s Vocational Secondary, Nakasongola Senior Secondary, Nakasongola Army School and Kakooge Senior Secondary, distributing educational materials such as branded shirts, posters and installing awareness signposts within school compounds. The outreach emphasised the risks of underage gaming and its link to academic decline and psychological harm.
Beyond the school visits, the campaign featured strategic stakeholder engagements. Hope Susan, NLGRB’s Senior Responsible Gaming Officer, met with Sam Mbagire, District Education Officer for Nakasongola, to discuss coordinated community-based awareness and enforcement. Mbagire lauded the government for establishing the regulatory board, calling it a “timely and vital protector” of vulnerable youth.
The Nakasongola outreach is part of the board’s nationwide strategy to combat underage gambling and reduce problem gambling rates in its jurisdiction. The initiative entails digital monitoring, university partnerships and policy dialogues with education and law enforcement stakeholders.
With mobile betting growing and students increasingly targeted by gaming promotions, the NLGRB says its mission is clear: to protect young Ugandans before it’s too late.
