{"id":3937,"date":"2025-06-13T03:57:32","date_gmt":"2025-06-13T06:57:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/?p=3937"},"modified":"2026-04-19T16:21:02","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T19:21:02","slug":"corporates-are-betting-more-than-unemployed-citizens-uganda-regulator-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/corporates-are-betting-more-than-unemployed-citizens-uganda-regulator-says","title":{"rendered":"Corporates are betting more than unemployed citizens, Uganda regulator says"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

93 per cent of gamblers in the country are betting online, while only seven per cent wager at traditional betting shops.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Uganda.- The National Lotteries and Gambling Regulatory Board (NLGRB)<\/strong> of Uganda has revealed that employed individuals are placing more bets than those without jobs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to Denis Mudene<\/strong>, the Board\u2019s CEO, 93 per cent<\/strong> of gamblers in the country are betting online, while only seven per cent<\/strong> wagering at traditional betting shops. Additionally, corporate individuals, those with salaries, and, presumably, those with disposable income, make up a larger proportion of people gambling online over unemployed individuals.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mudene then encouraged the public to bet responsibly and within their means. He said: \u201cAs a gaming board, we encourage those that are of eligible age to only bet with what they can afford to lose because gaming or gambling is not a business, it is not a money-making venture. It is just a leisure activity.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to Mudene, the minimum age for participating in sports betting, casinos and bingo in Uganda is 25<\/strong> years, whereas the national lottery is open to individuals aged 18 and above<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mudene shared the insights during a stakeholder engagement with the Uganda Police Force in the Rwizi region<\/strong>. He said that the NLGRB is collaborating with the police to enforce gaming laws and appealed to them to crack down on betting shops being opened in villages. Under Ugandan regulations, betting premises can only operate at the town-council level or higher. <\/p>\n\n\n

\n\t\t\tSee also:<\/span><\/p>\n
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\n\t\t\t\t\tSee also:<\/span> Odibets gets in on crash gambling, launches Aviator in Kenya<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

93 per cent of gamblers in the country are betting online, while only seven per cent wager at traditional betting shops.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2395,"featured_media":3939,"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 Lotteries and Gambling Regulatory Board (NLGRB) of Uganda reports that 93% of the country's gamblers engage online, with employed individuals forming a significant portion of this demographic. NLGRB CEO Denis Mudene highlighted the board's collaboration with the Uganda Police Force to enforce gaming laws, including responsible gambling mandates and restricting betting premises to town-council levels or higher.","focusai_entities":"National Lotteries and Gambling Regulatory Board (NLGRB), Denis Mudene, Uganda Police Force","focusai_location":"Uganda, Rwizi region","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.8), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.9), affiliate_publisher (0.7), product_ux (0.7), tech_data (0.7), marketing_crm (0.8), payments_fraud_aml (0.7), investor_analyst (0.8), supplier_vendor (0.8), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Uganda Online Growth Drivers","query":"What specific policy or technological factors are driving the 93% online gambling penetration in Uganda, and how does this compare to other emerging African iGaming markets?"},{"label":"Regulatory Enforcement Impact","query":"How will the NLGRB's collaboration with the Uganda Police Force impact the operational landscape for licensed operators, particularly concerning retail premises and responsible gambling compliance?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[60013,60017],"tags":[2689,45,1593],"class_list":["post-3937","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-east-africa","category-sportsbetting-news","tag-gambling-regulation","tag-online-gambling","tag-responsible-gambling"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3937","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=3937"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3937\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3956,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3937\/revisions\/3956"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3939"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3937"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3937"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3937"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}