{"id":34864,"date":"2026-10-09T02:02:05","date_gmt":"2026-10-09T05:02:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/?p=34864"},"modified":"2026-10-09T02:11:24","modified_gmt":"2026-10-09T05:11:24","slug":"guinea-gaming-regulator-draws-on-cote-divoire-lottery-expertise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/guinea-gaming-regulator-draws-on-cote-divoire-lottery-expertise","title":{"rendered":"Guinea gaming regulator draws on C\u00f4te d\u2019Ivoire lottery expertise"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The ARSJPA delegation examined LONACI\u2019s approach to regulation, operator supervision, responsible gambling and anti-money laundering during its immersion visit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Key takeaways:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Guinea\u2019s Gaming Regulation and Supervision Authority (ARSJPA) drew on the expertise of C\u00f4te d\u2019Ivoire\u2019s National Lottery operator LONACI during an immersion mission from October 5 to 9.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The discussions covered operator supervision, regulatory compliance, addiction prevention, responsible gambling and anti-money laundering.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ARSJPA Deputy General Director Souleymane Savan\u00e9 praised LONACI\u2019s experience and expertise in gaming regulation and good practices.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>LONACI said the engagement, involving its legal and compliance, sales and network management, and marketing and customer experience departments, would support stronger gaming-sector standards and cooperation in the sub-region.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">C\u00f4te d\u2019Ivoire.- Guinea\u2019s Gaming Regulation and Supervision Authority (ARSJPA) undertook an <strong>immersion mission<\/strong> at C\u00f4te d\u2019Ivoire\u2019s National Lottery operator LONACI from October 5 to 9, 2026, focusing on <strong>gaming regulation<\/strong> and responsible gambling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to a LONACI statement, ARSJPA deputy general director Souleymane Savan\u00e9 praised LONACI\u2019s regulatory track record during a meeting at its Marcory headquarters on October 7. \u201cLONACI is an organisation with a lot of experience and expertise in regulation and <strong>good practices<\/strong> in the gaming sector,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The discussions with LONACI\u2019s Legal and Legal Compliance Department (DAJC), Sales and Network Management Department (DVGR) and Marketing and Customer Experience Department (DMEC) focused on operator supervision, regulatory compliance, addiction prevention, responsible gambling and the fight against money laundering. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">LONACI said the meeting was organised on behalf of its general director Dramane Coulibaly and reflected the company\u2019s willingness to share its expertise and contribute to <strong>strengthening standards<\/strong> in the gaming sector in the sub-region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">LONACI said the engagement reinforced cooperation around <strong>governance, compliance<\/strong> and responsible gambling. The operator said the meeting highlighted its role as a leading organisation in these areas and strengthened regional cooperation on gaming-sector governance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The visit follows other regional exchanges involving the ARSJPA. In August, <a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/burundi-national-lottery-deepens-gaming-regulatory-cooperation-with-guinea\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"31873\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Burundi\u2019s National Lottery<\/a> (LONA) conducted an institutional immersion with the Guinean regulator covering gaming regulation, operator supervision, digitalisation, control mechanisms, responsible gambling and player protection.<\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"see-also-container\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"see-also-label\">See also:<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"related-article\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"related-article__thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/10\/1e960978-62df-48aa-aeed-d44de0bb1dc4-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"related-article__text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"see-also-label-strong\">See also:<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/benin-lottery-new-gambling-policy\">Benin lottery adopts new responsible gambling policy with pre-launch risk controls<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The ARSJPA delegation examined LONACI\u2019s approach to regulation, operator supervision, responsible gambling and anti-money laundering during its immersion visit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2809,"featured_media":34866,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Guinea's Gaming Regulation and Supervision Authority (ARSJPA) conducted an immersion mission with C\u00f4te d\u2019Ivoire\u2019s National Lottery operator LONACI to study its regulatory compliance, operator supervision, responsible gambling, and anti-money laundering frameworks. This regional knowledge exchange aims to bolster gaming-sector standards and foster cooperation across the sub-region, leveraging LONACI's established expertise in governance and compliance.","focusai_entities":"ARSJPA, LONACI, Souleymane Savan\u00e9, Dramane Coulibaly, LONA","focusai_location":"Guinea, C\u00f4te d\u2019Ivoire, Burundi, Benin, Marcory","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (1.0), operator_casino (0.85), payments_fraud_aml (0.8), investor_analyst (0.7), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.95)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Guinea's Regulatory Evolution","query":"What specific policy adjustments or new regulatory mandates, particularly concerning operator supervision and responsible gambling, are anticipated from ARSJPA in Guinea following this immersion with LONACI?"},{"label":"Regional Governance Impact","query":"How will the enhanced cooperation between ARSJPA and LONACI contribute to a more unified and robust iGaming governance framework across the West African sub-region, particularly regarding AML and player protection?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[60019,60012],"tags":[226,1338,1593],"class_list":["post-34864","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-regulation-news","category-west-africa","tag-anti-money-laundering","tag-gaming-regulation","tag-responsible-gambling"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34864","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\/2809"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34864"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34864\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34905,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34864\/revisions\/34905"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34866"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34864"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34864"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34864"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}