Senegal is a country
situated in West Africa. The economic
and political capital is Dakar. It has
an estimated population of about 13.5 million (2013). Lottery has always been a huge sensation in
the country and Senegalese still embrace it.
Talking about
telecommunication and Internet, Senegal has an excellent telecommunication
infrastructure, which is now digital. The
last several years have witnessed spectacular growth of mobile telephone use
from 1.5 million subscribers in 2005 to 13.3 million in 2012.
The growth in Internet
users has rose from 1.8 million users (2009) to 2.5 million users (2012), which
is around 19.2% of its population.
The Senegalese
national lottery is LONASE (Loterie Nationale Senegalese). It does not
offer any of its product online, so far.
To get closer to its customers, the Senegalese National Lottery (LONASE)
put on the market, the mobile PMU, currently being tested at the 24th
International Fair of Dakar (Fidak). "We plan to popularize the
product outside of the fair with 1,000 points of mobile sales across
Senegal", informs, El Hadj Malick Mbaye, Director of Marketing and
Communication of the LONASE at the launching ceremony of this product at the
fair Dakar.
Land based casinos are
legal and regulated in the country. There are five casinos in the country, so far. When it comes to sports betting only horse
betting and virtual horse betting are legal but there is no online platform
available to bet on.
The national lottery
is conducted only by legal gambling providers in Senegal (excluding casinos),
LONASE. Foreign online
lotteries are technically illegal. However, there does not appear to
be any law in place in Senegal that would criminalise participation in foreign
online lottery draws.