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  The exit of a lottery operator exposes both the strain and the strength of a booming digital gambling industry   Kampala, Uganda | JULIUS BUSINGE |  The exit of ITHUBA Uganda Limited from the National Lottery business has drawn fresh attention to the stability of Uganda’s fast-growing gaming industry, …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  ITHUBA Uganda Limited has wound up its lottery operations. The National Lotteries and Gaming Regulatory Board (NLGRB) has confirmed the development, making it clear however that the operator’s cessation of operations does not relieve ITHUBA Uganda Limited of its obligations under the law, the National …

For decades, governments treated the online gambling industry like that one eccentric uncle who is kept in the corner, largely ignored, and sometimes whispered about with suspicion and disdain. Betting back in 2018 involved wading through the swamp of scam casinos and weak jurisdictions. Now, everything has changed. From the …

  COMMENT | ERIC MABUZA JNR | When we launched the Uganda National Lottery just a few months ago, we didn’t simply introduce a game. We introduced a promise—a promise of fairness, opportunity, and national progress. And today, I can confidently say: that promise is already coming to life. Every …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | ITHUBA, the operator of the Uganda National lottery has announced that  four lucky winners shared the sh100 Million guaranteed  through the  Powerball Rolldown draw held on 31st January 2025. They have come forward to claim their prizes of over UGX 28 million each. The …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | ITHUBA Uganda has just announced winners of the largest LOTTO jackpot pay out in the country’s history. With ticket sales going live only nine weeks ago on June 1, 2024, the grand prize of over UGX 1 billion guaranteed jackpot has been won by …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | MPs are concerned that government has identified a company to manage the lucrative national lottery without regulations in place. This follows the revelation by the Ag. Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Lotteries and Gaming Regulatory Board, Denis Ngabirano, of the successful firm (not …

Washington, United States | AFP | A couple from Louisiana have more than a million reasons to be grateful this Thanksgiving after discovering a long lost jackpot-winning lottery ticket with only two weeks left to claim it. Harold and Tina Ehrenberg found the $1.8 million winning ticket, which won the …

Washington, United States | AFP |  Some lucky person in New Hampshire has won $560 million in a Powerball lottery, officials said Sunday, just two days after someone in Florida won a cool $450 million, helping push the weekend’s total past $1 billion, apparently for the first time in US …

The British government and lottery fund has spent hundreds of millions of pounds on sporting success in the past two decades. And it has paid off. London, United Kingdom | AFP | Twenty years after a stinging Olympic failure, Britain has risen from the ashes to become a sporting “superpower” …