A new law is under way as Lotteries and Gambling Act 2016 is being finalized and will be in operation soon.
He also mentioned, they have started
confiscation of illegal gaming facilities around schools, markets and churches.
In the past one year, 400 different
equipment have been confiscated.
"The challenge we have been having so
far, is that some people go out in the countryside and open branches without us
knowing. And by the time we get to know,
they have really disturbed people especially the people with slot machines. We are making efforts and as I talk now our
inspectors have been in the field especially in the zone of Entebbe, Mukono and
Kampala. Now we have said we are said we
are sending enforcement officers to either close or capture the illegal
machines in those places. In the old
regulation, we recommend about up to about 100m away from them.”– Mr. Tumubweine.
He also suggests that there are over 400
illegal gaming branches, some of them re-opened it illegally after shutting
down.
Mr. Mpiirwe, Secretary of the National
Lotteries and Gambling Regulatory Board said that in terms of
money, a sports betting centre in Kampala receives about five million Shillings
in a day but barely gives out 1 million shillings to winners. Annually, it is estimated that Ugandans are
spending about 150 billion shillings (approx $44 million) in the Games and
Lottery sector.
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