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Launching or promoting online betting platforms is now a criminal offense in Egypt, with organizers facing up to life imprisonment. Parliament approved harsh amendments to the cybercrime law after two years of failed enforcement against illegal bookmakers. Cairo had already blocked roughly 80% of betting apps in the country — including 1xBet and Melbet in […]
Tanzania’s new 5% excise duty on gambling stakes takes effect on July 1. Blask data shows the licensed market still dominates, led by BetPawa, but offshore demand is growing faster and could gain more ground as player-facing costs rise.
Botswana’s licensed betting market has organically displaced offshore operators, with six legal brands now capturing nearly all user demand and local CEB rising sharply over the past year.
Nigeria’s Supreme Court ended the federal gambling model in November 2024. Blask data shows a market split between the active south, the FSGRN reciprocity cluster and the closed north.
Both onshore and offshore brands are gaining their shares in Senegal’s maturing transition IGaming ecosystem. Senegal’s Minister of Finance, Cheikh Diba, announced the figure at a seminar of the African Lottery Association in Dakar on May 19. The $71M revenue covers Q1 2026 and equals 71% of the government’s annual target. The result followed the […]
