Rwanda is a Central East African country, where
gambling is going through ups and downs. Rwanda put a ban on malfunctioned slot machines in July 2016 due to
unethical practices, but it did not make any difference to casinos, lotteries
and sports betting, dealing fairly in the country.
Even after having its
own limitations in the gambling industry, majority of people actively
participate in gambling. Sports betting
being the most favoured form of gambling.
Rwanda officially
passed the gaming law for governing the gambling activities in 2011. The government levies 15% tax on lotteries
and other gambling proceeds.
The Rwanda gambling
law also allows the licensing of online gambling. There are no local online gambling sites but
players from the country are authorized to place bet on foreign online gambling
sites. Recently Rwanda has launched 4th
Generation Internet broadband for mobile connections, which could further expand
the opportunity for online lotteries.
Casino is not among
the crowd favorites, since there are hardly 2 casinos in the country. Even though country’s gambling law permits
for an online casino, but there are no online casinos operating under Rwandan
license.
Rwanda National
Lottery is in collaboration with Rwanda Gaming Corporation (RGC) which is a
private public partnership company. The
majority of share is held by the RGC.
Rwanda National Lottery has yet to launch online lottery platform, but
they may soon introduce. Apparently they
are working on SMS lottery promotion, which is about to roll out in a few days.