Bill wants online gambling firms to pay Sh200m licence fee
Online gambling firms and the national lottery will be required to deposit Sh200 million to be licensed to operate if President William Ruto signs a new Bill into law.
The MPs also deleted an amendment that required a licensed betting, gambling, lottery, or gaming premise to operate between ten O’clock in the evening and five O’clock in the morning.
The Senate proposed changes to clause five of the Bill to hand counties the power to develop and implement county legislation on betting and other forms of gambling, licence prize competition within a county, issue trade permits for betting premises, license amusement machines, license, and issue pool table permits within a county, licence and supervise county lotteries and issue trade permits for premises for totalisators.
Online gambling firms and the national lottery will be required to deposit Sh200 million to be licenced to operate if President William Ruto signs a new Bill into law.
The National Assembly approved the Gambling Control Bill, 2023 after rejecting Senate amendments that included reducing betting stake from the current minimum of Sh20 placement to one shilling to protect school-going children who can get one shilling easily.
