Kenya’s Betting Licensing and Control Board granted 10 betting sites permission to operate for the fiscal year ending in June 2024, according to a report published on 5 September 2023. The report said the total number of licensed betting companies for the period reached 71.
Operators and investors can track the reported expansion of Kenya’s licensed betting market.
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Curaçao Gaming Control Board lists Parokia San Martin de Porres under licence BIV/2018/001, dated 18 July 2018. The listing appears in a page dated 22 April 2019.
Curaçao’s Gaming Authority has authority to grant, amend, suspend and revoke licences for Wega di Number, the Numbers Lottery, as of March 2017. The lottery sector operates under the Lottery Ordinance 1909 and its bylaws; applicants submit the signed form and required documents to the authority.
BC.GAME said Kenya’s Betting Control and Licensing Board issued its operating company, Blockdance Africa Limited, a Public Gaming License and a Bookmakers Off-the-Course License. The company said the approvals support its presence in Kenya and its plans to pursue other African markets.
Kenya’s Betting Control and Licensing Board reportedly approved 99 gaming companies to operate in the 2025/2026 financial year. The board was also reported to have authorised them to continue operating after a previously granted 30-day extension and to have confirmed that they met the requirements.
Kenya’s Betting Control and Licensing Board (BCLB) called on betting firms and gaming entities to apply for licence renewals for 2024/25 and move to its gaming management system. The board said the system would support revenue collection and operators’ applications; the report said 97 of 180 licensed operators had integrated with the Kenya Revenue Authority for real-time monitoring.