State to scrap betting board, replace it with an authority

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Kenyans staked a record Sh88.5 billion through online bets in the full year to June 2023. FILE PHOTO | POOL

The government is planning to scrap the Betting Control and Licensing Board (BCLB) and replace it with a more powerful authority, if proposals by the Presidential Taskforce on the Establishment of a National Lottery are adopted.

A Gambling Regulatory Authority will take over from BCLB in the changes that will also replace the Betting Lotteries and Gaming Act of 1966.

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