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Mauritius GRA disputes horse racing report and reserves right to take legal action

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Mauritius’s Gambling Regulatory Authority (GRA) disputed a newspaper report about oversight by its Horse Racing Integrity Division in a press release dated 15 January 2026. The GRA said it reserved the right to take legal action against the newspaper’s owner, publisher and editor-in-chief, while the newspaper defended its reporting and invited the authority to respond in its pages.

The dispute concerns allegations about the integrity division’s enforcement, investigations and independence.

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