{"id":5294,"date":"2025-07-22T02:58:44","date_gmt":"2025-07-22T05:58:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/?p=5294"},"modified":"2026-04-19T15:28:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T18:28:12","slug":"zambia-proposes-10-excise-duty-on-betting-services","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/zambia-proposes-10-excise-duty-on-betting-services","title":{"rendered":"Zambia proposes 10% excise duty on betting services"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The government is to increase national revenue for its K33.6 billion<\/strong> (\u20ac1.25bn) supplementary budget for 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Zambia.- The Zambian government is introducing a new 10 per cent excise duty <\/strong>on betting services as part of a broader strategy to increase national revenue for its K33.6 billion<\/strong> (\u20ac1.25bn) supplementary budget for 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The betting tax proposal was among a series of new tax measures presented to parliament by Dr. Situmbeko Musokotwane<\/strong>, the Finance and National Planning Minister, in June. According to Musokotwane, the goal of the tax reform package is to boost Zambia\u2019s resource mobilisation without taking on too much debt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Musokotwane believes the new tax policy will help legitimise the betting sector and reduce financial losses from unregulated betting operations. The move aligns with a bill recently passed by the Zambian cabinet that sought to modernise the nation\u2019s outdated gambling and lotteries regulations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition to the betting excise duty, the tax package also features additional levies on tobacco products and spirits. These include an 80 per cent excise duty<\/strong> on spirits and wines, up from 60 per cent, a 50 per cent levy<\/strong> on clear alcohol from 40 per cent<\/strong>, and a K298 increase<\/strong> on cigarette tax from K452 to K750 per 1,000 sticks<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The tax net widens to include soft drinks, with a proposed excise duty increase from K1 to K2 per litre<\/strong> on sugary and non-alcoholic beverages. The government also expects to raise K1 billion<\/strong> (\u20ac37.3m) from regulatory levies charged by agencies, including the Energy Regulation Board<\/strong> and the Civil Aviation Authority<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\tSee also:<\/span> Zambia cabinet greenlights bill to modernise gambing industry<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The government is to increase national revenue for its K33.6 billion (\u20ac1.25bn) supplementary budget for 2025.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2395,"featured_media":5296,"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 Zambian government is set to implement a new 10% excise duty on betting services, effective 2025, as a key component of its K33.6 billion supplementary budget. This fiscal measure aims to bolster national revenue, legitimise the domestic betting sector, and mitigate financial leakage from unregulated operations, aligning with recent legislative efforts to modernise the nation's gambling and lotteries regulations.","focusai_entities":"Dr. Situmbeko Musokotwane, Energy Regulation Board, Civil Aviation Authority","focusai_location":"Zambia","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.95), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (1.0), affiliate_publisher (0.7), marketing_crm (0.8), investor_analyst (0.95), supplier_vendor (0.8), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Operator Impact Analysis","query":"What is the projected impact of the 10% excise duty on the Net Gaming Revenue (NGR) and Gross Gaming Revenue (GGR) of licensed iGaming operators in Zambia, and how might this influence their operational strategies and market presence?"},{"label":"Regulatory Framework Evolution","query":"How does the introduction of this excise duty, coupled with the recent bill to modernise gambling regulations, position Zambia's governance framework for attracting or deterring foreign direct investment in its gaming verticals?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[60014,60025,60020],"tags":[2689],"class_list":["post-5294","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-central-africa","category-featured-article","category-legislation-news","tag-gambling-regulation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5294","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=5294"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5294\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5337,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5294\/revisions\/5337"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5296"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5294"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5294"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5294"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}