Zambia Court upholds 10 per cent betting tax, rejects bold challenge by BetPawa and Betway<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Inzozi Lotto assumed control of the National Lottery in 2022, pledging reliable draws and prompt payouts to support community development initiatives.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2395,"featured_media":10024,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"The Rwanda Development Board (RDB) has revoked Inzozi Lotto's operating license for the National Lottery, effective October 2, 2025, citing repeated failures to meet contractual obligations and regulatory requirements. The RDB plans a transparent public bidding process to select a new operator, while Inzozi Lotto remains responsible for settling all outstanding winning claims under the oversight of the National Lottery and Gaming Commission (NLGC).","focusai_entities":"Inzozi Lotto, Carousel Ltd, Rwanda Development Board (RDB), National Lottery and Gaming Commission (NLGC), BetPawa, Betway","focusai_location":"Rwanda, Zambia","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.9), payments_fraud_aml (0.7), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Bidding Process Integrity","query":"What specific governance frameworks and operational KPIs will the RDB implement to ensure the transparency and integrity of the upcoming public bidding process for the National Lottery concession, mitigating risks observed with the previous operator?"},{"label":"Post-Revocation Liabilities","query":"What is the RDB's comprehensive strategy for overseeing Inzozi Lotto's settlement of all outstanding winning claims, and what are the potential legal and financial ramifications for the former operator if these obligations are not met promptly?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[60013,60023],"tags":[74],"class_list":["post-10016","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-east-africa","category-legal-news","tag-lottery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10016","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2395"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10016"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10016\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10048,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10016\/revisions\/10048"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10024"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10016"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10016"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10016"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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