The Lagos State Lotteries and Gaming Authority met Nigerian bookmakers to discuss challenges in the betting industry. The item gives no further details about the meeting or its outcomes.
The meeting brings the state authority and bookmakers together to discuss betting-sector challenges.
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Lagos State Lotteries and Gaming Authority chief executive Bashir Are said Nigerian states have a reciprocal licensing arrangement that allows operators licensed in Lagos to operate in participating states. He said states share licence fees and that the Central Gaming Bill, rejected by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu in late 2025, would not proceed.
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has declined assent to Nigeria's Central Gaming Bill, the Lagos State Lotteries and Gaming Authority said. The authority said the decision upholds the 1999 Constitution's reservation of lotteries and gaming to the states, as affirmed by the Supreme Court in November 2024.
The Lagos State Lotteries and Gaming Authority and the Association of Resident Doctors at the Federal Neuropsychiatric Hospital Yaba held an anti-underage gambling outreach at Baptist Academy, Obanikoro, Lagos. The programme, which began in 2023, has reached more than 4,000 students in 10 secondary schools, ARD president Dr Oluwatoba Babarinsa said.
Gamble Alert reported findings from a survey of 800 students at four public secondary schools in Alimosho, Lagos State. The study found that 35.3% of students had gambled, while 53.7% of underage gamblers cited friends or peers as a reason for betting; the organisation said the tour involved the Lagos State Lotteries and Gaming Authority and other participants.
Regulators from several regions discussed cross-border cooperation and technology at the International Association of Gaming Regulators’ 2025 conference in Toronto. Dutch regulator Michel Groothuizen warned that crypto gambling challenges existing policy, while Lagos State’s gaming authority said it uses AI to detect crypto-based betting on the black market; Ontario’s AGCO described efforts to address illegal operators’ access to social media.