The Federal Government has disowned the publication listing names of some gaming companies in Lagos State as unlicensed and illegal, advising the public to ignore the publication.
The Director General of the National Lottery Regulatory Commission, NLRC, Lanre Gbajabiamila, in a statement in Abuja, said that the gaming operators listed as unlicenced and illegal in the publication are duly licenced to conduct lottery and sports betting business in Nigeria.
“The attention of the Management of the National Lottery Regulatory Commission (NLRC) has been drawn to the publication on various media platforms purportedly to have emanated from Lagos State Lotteries and Gaming Authority (LSLGA) with the caption “Public Notice on Unlicensed Gaming Companies in Lagos State.
“This publication has created confusion in the Nigeria gaming industry and the Commission has been inundated with requests on the Status of the operators tagged ‘unlicenced and illegal’.
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“It is therefore necessary for NLRC as the Agency created by law to regulate Lottery and Gaming in Nigeria to make clarification.
“The following gaming operators listed as ‘unlicenced and illegal’ in the publication are duly licenced to conduct lottery and sports betting business in Nigeria: ZEBET, BETIKA, GOBET, MSPORT, AFRIBET, BANGBET, BETWAZOBIA, KORETBET, PARIPESA, LIVESCOREBET, BLACKBET/BETTY BINGO, CLOUDBET, HALLABET, N1BET, KONFAMBET, SCRATCH2WIN, NAIJABET, LOTTOMANIA AND MILLIONAIRE POWERPLAY.
“The comprehensive list of national gaming operators in Nigeria is available on the NLRC website: https://nlrc-gov.ng/list-of-approved-gaming-operators/”, the statement read.
