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Tanzania gaming board projects Sh200bn in tax revenue for 2023/24

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Tanzania’s Gaming Board projects gaming-sector tax revenue of Sh200 billion by the end of the 2023/2024 financial year, Director General James Mbalwe said. The board had collected more than Sh100 billion from August to December, while sector collections had risen from Sh33.3 billion to Sh170.4 billion. Mbalwe also said the board had registered 91 licensed gaming companies.

The projected tax receipts and licensed-company count provide operators and regulators with measures of Tanzania’s gaming market.

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