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 2025 reforms that introduced double taxation for operators, part of a broader strategy to increase domestic revenue under budget pressure.
iGaming is steadily growing in African jurisdictions, and Senegal isn’t an exception. The market demonstrated a 30.14% YoY growth while being in a transition period of building a stronger regulatory framework.
Competitive market dynamics
Senegal runs tight: 24 active brands, and the podium belongs entirely to licensed operators — who together control over 60% of BAP. Offshore brands exist but haven’t cracked the top tier. A closer look at individual operators reveals the dynamics behind that concentration:
- 1xBet remains the market leader with 29% BAP, but is stagnating with a –1.28% YoY decline. The market is growing, while the leader is standing still.
- Lonase Bet, the digital arm of the state lottery LONASE, posted a +137.7% YoY growth and jumped to second place maintaining a 16.28% BAP. This is the result of targeted investment in the digital channel, which Diba mentioned separately.
- Linebet (+120.8% YoY) and Melbet (+120.9% YoY) are the fastest-growing brands among international operators without a local licence. Both brands rank within the top six by BAP.
- Mojabet, which has a local licence, added +30.4% YoY and remains in third place.
A strong fiscal quarter, a changing demand map
Senegal’s regulatory reform is delivering results at the fiscal level. At the brand-count level, the market remains crowded with international and offshore names. But demand is concentrated around local operators: Senegalese brands hold nearly 60% of BAP. Lonase Bet’s growth shows what a state lottery can do when it competes digitally.