So you wanna bet on the beautiful game? Well, arm yourself with some real knowledge, because some matches are more than just goals – they’re epic clashes with enough bad blood to fill a vampire convention. These are the rivalries that’ll have you glued to the screen, biting your nails …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police Constable Shadiq Hussein Baguma has ended his life after losing Shillings 800,000 that was placed under his care to sports betting. A civilian entrusted Baguma with the money for fear that he could be attacked since it was late. However, Buguma decided to take …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda is losing billions of shillings in betting due to untested, uninspected, and unverified machines being used by betting companies, the National Lotteries and Gaming Regulatory Board has conceded. While Section 4 of the Lotteries and Gaming Act of 2016, mandates the National Lotteries and Gaming Regulatory …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Parliament has passed the Lotteries and Gaming (Amendment) Bill, 2023 that will revise the existing tax of 20 per cent under the existing law to 30 per cent for a gaming activity. Clause 48(1) of the Lotteries and Gaming Act, 2016 states that ‘an …
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Iganga, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A senior six student of Bukoyo Secondary School in Iganga district on Wednesday, committed suicide by hanging, after allegedly betting part of his school fees. Denis Tukei, was found hanging dead in a dormitory by students, who were returning from lunch. It is alleged that …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A first year student at Kyambogo University is in hiding for allegedly losing his tuition to betting. Julius Osuta who was first reported missing on April 7th, 2022 at Kyambogo police post resurfaced after a day before disappearing again. Luke Owoyesigire, the spokesperson for Kampala …
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How FUFA Banned Football Officials, Journalist Over Match Fixing Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Federation of Uganda’s Football Associations (FUFA) has banned three officials from taking part in any kind of football activities at the national and international level over match-fixing. These are former Police FC Marketing and Sales …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister of State for Finance -General Duties, Dr Gabriel Ajedra Aridru has said that government is facing challenges to regulate the betting sector. Ajedra was on Friday appearing before parliament’s Finance Committee together with the Edgar Agaba, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The government is suspending issuance of licenses to gambling and gaming companies. This was announced by State Minister for Finance David Bahati, at the closure of the 2019 Brethren Conference of the Diocese of Kigezi this afternoon. Bahati, who was representing President Yoweri Museveni …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kenya’s betting firm, SportPesa, is planning to enter the Brazil’s gambling market following the South America’s decision to review its law to legalise online and on-land betting. SportPesa CEO Ronald Karauri, however, told BusinessDaily that it is still too early to disclose further plans on …
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