{"id":24631,"date":"2026-05-11T13:26:37","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T16:26:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/?p=24631"},"modified":"2026-05-12T06:51:22","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T09:51:22","slug":"uganda-gambling-regulator-uncover-illegal-gaming-workshop-in-kampala","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/uganda-gambling-regulator-uncover-illegal-gaming-workshop-in-kampala","title":{"rendered":"Uganda gaming regulator seizes illegal fish tables in Kampala workshop"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">National Lotteries and Gaming Regulatory Board officers intercepted a boda boda rider with an illegal gaming machine and raided a workshop where they found nine more fish tables<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Uganda.- The <strong>National Lotteries and Gaming Regulatory Board (NLGRB)<\/strong> intercepted a boda boda rider transporting an unlicensed gaming machine from Mengo to Namayingo Taxi Park in Kampala on May 8, according to an enforcement update posted on X.<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/lgrb_uganda\/status\/2052665361963565438\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The rider directed investigators to a furniture workshop where officers discovered and seized nine illegal gaming fish tables. The statement said the seizure forms part of ongoing enforcement against unlicensed gaming operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">ENFORCEMENT UPDATE<br>Enforcement team intercepted a boda boda rider transporting an illegal gaming machine from Mengo to Namayingo Taxi Park.<br><br>Upon interrogation, the rider led the team to a furniture workshop where 9 illegal gaming fish tables were discovered and confiscated.\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qkbFEZ47Sw\">pic.twitter.com\/qkbFEZ47Sw<\/a><\/p>&mdash; National Lotteries and Gaming Regulatory Board (@lgrb_uganda) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lgrb_uganda\/status\/2052665361963565438?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 8, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote> \n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fish tables, slot machines and gaming motherboards have been a focus of recent raids amid concerns about local assembly and distribution to illegal venues. NLGRB says illegal machines undermine tax collection and create unfair competition for licensed operators.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The regulator confirmed that crackdown operations will continue in efforts to strengthen compliance and regulate the country\u2019s gambling sector.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"see-also-container\"><span class=\"see-also-label\">See also:<\/span>\n<div class=\"related-article\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"related-article__thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/05\/nlgrb_ura_uganda-300x200.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<p class=\"related-article__text\"><span class=\"see-also-label-strong\">See also:<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/uganda-gaming-regulator-moves-to-tighten-gambling-compliance-through-ura-partnership\">Uganda gaming regulator moves to tighten gambling compliance through\u00a0URA partnership<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>National Lotteries and Gaming Regulatory Board officers intercepted a boda boda rider with an illegal gaming machine and raided a workshop where they found nine more fish tables<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2395,"featured_media":24635,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"","focusai_entities":"","focusai_location":"","focusai_target_profile":"","focusai_suggestions":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[60013,60019],"tags":[73],"class_list":["post-24631","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-east-africa","category-regulation-news","tag-illegal-gambling"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24631","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=24631"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24631\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24716,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24631\/revisions\/24716"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24635"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24631"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24631"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24631"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}