approval by the authority before commencement of operations.
While no sports betting licences have been issued, applicants were invited to submit applications for totalisator and bookmaker licences earlier this year. All of these activities will be connected to a Central Electronic Monitoring System (CEMS) once the board has selected a service provider. Tere are also plans to open up the online sector in the near future.
Tanzania
Nearly 60 million people live in Tanzania. Tanzania’s economic growth was expected to pick up this year, but faced challenges from an unfavourable global economic environment. Tanzania's finance ministry forecasts the economy will grow about 5.2 per cent this year from 4.7 per cent last year.
According to 6Wresearch, the Tanzania gaming market size is projected to grow at a CAGR of 10.6 per cent during 2023–2029, while around 20,000 people have secured
direct jobs in the companies engaged in sports betting. All types of gambling are covered by a gaming act passed in 2003 (Te Gaming Act No. 4 of 2003), while land-based sports betting shops have been present in the market since the 1990s. Both land-based and online casinos are permitted, as are slots in bars. Tere are around 2,600 sports betting locations in Tanzania with half located in capital Dar es Salaam.
Te Gaming Board of Tanzania is the gaming regulatory body that was established under the Gaming Act Cap. 41 and became effective on July 1, 2003. Te gaming industry in Tanzania was previously regulated under the Pools and Lotteries Act, 1967 and the National Lotteries Act, 1974.
Tere are around 10 casinos and “Internet Casinos" where customers play online via computers are also popular. As is common with other jurisdictions, the government has increased taxes on player winnings on sports betting (10 per cent) and in casinos
(12 per cent). Since 2021 the government has also been looking to put in place new improved regulations on online gambling.
As of 2022, sports betting in Tanzania surpassed retail casinos as the country’s main gaming activity in terms of gross gaming revenue (GGR). Sports betting GGR was over TZS 72bn in the fiscal year 2021/2022, with gaming tax income of around TZS 20bn.
However, for now land-based sports betting remains the most widespread form of betting due to a lack of access to the Internet in rural zones. Tanzania has around 43.7 million mobile phone subscribers. However, only 23.1 million can access the Internet. Te Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority (TCRA) is working to ensure a majority of Tanzanians can afford smartphones to access the internet. Mobile money services are also widely used with 72 per cent of Tanzanians using mobile money services, up from 60 per cent in 2017.
WIRE / PULSE / INSIGHT / REPORTS P161
As of 2022, sports betting in Tanzania surpassed retail casinos as the country’s main gaming activity in terms of gross gaming revenue
(GGR). Sports betting GGR was over TZS 72bn in the fiscal year 2021/2022, with gaming tax income of around
TZS 20bn. For now land-based sports betting remains the most widespread form of betting due
to a lack of access to the Internet.
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