Trinidad and Tobago minister proposes tougher penalties for illegal lotteries
Finance Minister Davendranath Tancoo proposed raising penalties for illegal lotteries in Trinidad and Tobago in his budget statement. His proposal would allow a fine of TTD250,000 and three years’ imprisonment, or a TTD3 million fine and seven years’ imprisonment on indictment; it would also create an offence covering bets, tickets and payouts linked to the National Lotteries Control Board’s online draw results.
The proposed penalties and new offence would affect operators and intermediaries involved in unauthorised lottery betting.