• Maximum 31 percent for organisational and operational costs
• At least 17 percent towards FURJOGO • Up to maximum of two percent for inspection and control costs.
• Tere are three types of tickets: • Standard – for the weekly Totobola session indicating the football games.
• Special – also for normal sessions but without indication of football games
• Extraordinary – for various other sessions. Tese are only valid for the extraordinary competitions.
ONLINE Mozambique has had legalised online gaming
since 2010 when the amendments were added to the gambling legalisation which saw slot
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machines permitted in non casino areas and a relaxation on casino development. Te move was a surprise for many at the time
as Mozambique’s approach to internet gambling had been fairly subdued compared to its neighbours in South Africa.
CASINOS Tere are four casinos open in Mozambique
located in the south Maputo, Beira (central Mozambique) and Nampula (north) - namely Casino Polana and Matola Slots Hall, Casino Marina and Casino Nautilus. Te law changed in 2010 which stated that slot halls could be opened by casino operators if more than five kilometres from a casino and house 25-100 slots. Te first slot hall to open in 2012 was the
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Mozambique’s unemployment rate is estimated at 21 per cent, with over 65 per cent of the population living below the poverty line. The average life expectancy of the population of Mozambique is 41 years. In the years from 1977 and 1992, the civil war and famine killed over 1 million people in Mozambique. Since 2001, Mozambique’s annual average GDP growth has been among the world’s highest.
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Matola Slots hall which is owned by Polana Casino and set up by ACE Systems from South Africa. It offers 300sq.m of gaming area and ACE supplies an online casino management system plus gaming products. Te casinos currently open are: Casino Polana was Mozambique’s first casino
and was opened in Maputo and is situated in one of the most prestigious and exclusive residential avenues in the capital city close to the embassies, ministries and main restaurants and overlooks the Bay of Maputo. It was opened in 1996 and it is located at the Hotel Maputo which was built in 1922. Te hotel is operated by the Serena Group and offers 142 rooms, three restaurants, bars, health club and spa, swimming pool, business centre and beauty salon. Serena operates 35 luxury resorts, safari
Country’s economy is based largely on agriculture, but industry, mainly food and beverages, chemical manufacturing, aluminium and petroleum production, is growing.
Mozambique is forecast to be one of the fastest growing countries in the next 10 years, helped by exports of coal and natural gas. Mozambique is still a very poor country with half its people living on less than $1 a day.
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