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Uganda gaming regulator reports uninspected betting machines and staffing gaps

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Uganda's National Lotteries and Gaming Regulatory Board told a parliamentary committee that a lack of testing equipment at the national standards bureau left betting machines without local inspection and certification. The report also said the board had filled 36 of 51 approved posts, while the Auditor General found that it had not prepared statutory regulations or compiled a national register of gaming devices.

The reported inspection and staffing gaps may affect machine oversight, licensing checks and monitoring of betting operators.

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Brazilian Congress president extends betting ban measure by 60 days

Brazil’s Congress president, Davi Alcolumbre, extended the provisional measure prohibiting fixed-odds betting for a further 60 days, with the decision published on 11 November. The extension gives lawmakers until February to consider the measure, which would end betting authorisations, block websites and apps, and return user balances; the government estimates the ban would reduce revenue by BRL12bn.

Brazil’s provisional ban on fixed-odds betting has been extended by another 60 days by Congress president Davi Alcolumbre. The decision appeared in the federal official gazette on Wednesday 11.

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