Are we getting it right in Kenya’s new gambling law?

A travellers at the Royal Palm Casino inside cruise ship MSC Splendida.

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Kenya has taken a leap into a new era of gambling regulation with enactment of the Gambling Control Act, 2025. This sweeping overhaul replaces the Betting, Lotteries and Gaming Act, CAP 131, which had obtained since 1966.

In a market now estimated at Sh200 billion annually and employing tens of thousands directly and indirectly, the stakes could not be higher.

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