{"id":11630,"date":"2025-10-28T19:34:32","date_gmt":"2025-10-28T22:34:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/?p=11630"},"modified":"2026-04-19T12:26:33","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T15:26:33","slug":"lonase-and-centif-host-aml-workshop-for-gaming-operators","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/lonase-and-centif-host-aml-workshop-for-gaming-operators","title":{"rendered":"LONASE and CENTIF host AML workshop for gaming operators"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The initiative addresses growing compliance risks in Senegal’s cash-based gaming industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Senegal.- The National Lottery of Senegal (LONASE)<\/strong> and the National Financial Intelligence Processing Unit (CENTIF)<\/strong> have collaborated to host a one-day anti-money laundering (AML) workshop for licensed gaming operators in the country. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The event, held on October 28, 2025<\/strong>, at the LONASE Training Centre in Dakar<\/strong>, equipped lottery agents, betting shop owners, and online gaming supervisors with the skills to detect and report suspicious financial activities linked to money laundering and terrorism financing. Facilitators highlighted the importance of daily vigilance and provided practical guidance on internal controls, red-flag indicators and the mandatory reporting process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Moustapha Camara<\/strong>, LONASE\u2019s Board Chairman, emphasised the crucial role of operators in safeguarding the sector, saying: \u201cYour eyes and records are our first defence. A single unchecked ticket can open the door to bigger problems.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The initiative addresses growing compliance risks in Senegal’s cash-based gaming industry. In 2024<\/strong>, CENTIF reported a 15 per cent<\/strong> rise in suspicious transaction alerts, with online betting platforms identified as emerging high-risk areas. To strengthen regulatory oversight, the government introduced a law that requires gaming operators to report suspicious transactions exceeding 10m CFA francs<\/strong> (\u20ac15,240).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Through the workshop, LONASE also aims to strengthen control over the lucrative gambling market, which saw a profit of 20.7bn CFA francs<\/strong> (\u20ac31.5m) in H1 2025<\/strong>, driven by lottery and sports betting. To ensure ongoing compliance, CENTIF and LONASE will conduct quarterly follow-ups starting next year.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\tSee also:<\/span> Senegalese wrestling betting operators score court victory against LONASE<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The initiative addresses growing compliance risks in Senegal’s cash-based gaming industry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2395,"featured_media":11632,"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 National Lottery of Senegal (LONASE) and the National Financial Intelligence Processing Unit (CENTIF) conducted an anti-money laundering (AML) workshop for licensed gaming operators in Dakar. This initiative addresses growing compliance risks in Senegal's cash-based gaming industry, particularly following a 15% rise in suspicious transaction alerts and the introduction of a new 10m CFA franc reporting threshold. The collaboration aims to strengthen regulatory oversight and safeguard the integrity of the lucrative Senegalese gambling market.","focusai_entities":"LONASE, CENTIF, Moustapha Camara","focusai_location":"Senegal, Dakar","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (1.0), operator_casino (0.95), tech_data (0.75), payments_fraud_aml (1.0), investor_analyst (0.85), supplier_vendor (0.8), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"AML Tech Solutions?","query":"What specific technological solutions are LONASE and CENTIF considering to automate suspicious transaction reporting and enhance data analytics capabilities for AML compliance?"},{"label":"Operator Impact Analysis?","query":"How will the new 10m CFA franc reporting threshold impact operational overheads for smaller licensed operators, and what support mechanisms are being considered to ensure broad compliance?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[60023,60012],"tags":[226],"class_list":["post-11630","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-legal-news","category-west-africa","tag-anti-money-laundering"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11630","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=11630"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11630\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11687,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11630\/revisions\/11687"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11632"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11630"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11630"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11630"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}