Botswana Gambling Authority awards 16 betting and LPM licences
Botswana Gambling Authority awarded 16 licences to local companies after a selection process, the report said: 10 betting licences and six limited payout machine licences. It said citizen-owned businesses hold 72% of the licensed companies and the new LPM licences are expected to establish more than 200 gambling sites.
The awards create new licensed capacity for betting and machine operations and set a stated local-ownership profile.