The Kenyan betting and gaming sector has encountered a major fiscal hurdle, as the country’s government reimposes a 20% tax on wagering stakes as well as doubling its taxation of foreign tech firms. Publishing the 2022 Finance Bill, the Treasury detailed that the 20% tax rate would be reintroduced, just under two years after it was abandoned in 2020 after …
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Kenyan betting awaits Treasury judgement on wagering tax future
Kenya’s sports betting sector awaits a critical judgement on whether the National Treasury will restore its controversial 20% blanket tax across all wagering verticals. The tax proposal has been submitted to be considered as a directive of Kenya’s 2021/2022 National Budget, the final amendments of which are currently being reviewed by Treasury Secretary Ukur Yattani. Yattani will present the National …
Read More »Winning Post: Hard lessons to be learnt in Kenya
Opening the week, industry strategic consultancy Regulus Partners offers its insight into some of the topics facing the gambling industry over this last week, including SportPesa’s decision to withdraw from Kenya, the closure of Towcester racecourse, and the privatisation of FDJ. Kenya: taxation and regulation – hard lessons from a game over Kenya’s tempestuous few years of gambling ‘reform’ has now apparently …
Read More »SportsPesa and Betin cease Kenyan operations following tax increase
“Severe consequences” are on the horizon for Kenya’s sporting sector and betting revenue following the announcement that both SportsPesa and Betin will cease operations within the country. The move follows on from a lengthy standoff with the Kenyan government regarding a change to a legal bill which saw a 20% tax increase on game, betting, and lottery winnings. SportsPesa released …
Read More »SportPesa blow as Nairobi High Court denies licence renewal
SportPesa has lost its Nairobi High Court appeal in relation to the bookmaker overturning its licence restrictions sanctioned by Kenya’s Betting Control & Licensing Board’s (BCLB) this July. The bookmaker at the forefront of the Kenyan government’s betting industry dispute related to unpaid taxes on player winnings had moved to challenge the BCLB’s decision not to renew its operator licence, …
Read More »Winning Post – Kenya bringing down the big beasts
Regulus Partners details how the tables have turned on Kenyan sports betting incumbents, operating in a market which was formerly branded as the ‘leading example’ for further regulated African gambling jurisdictions… ________________ The Kenyan government has reportedly written to telcos including Safaricom, the country’s leading mobile (and therefore payments) provider, with a list of operators that have not had …
Read More »Kenyan business community embroiled in KRA betting tax dispute
The Kenyan Revenue Authority (KRA) states that it will not shy away from its tax battle with bookmakers SportPesa and Betin, in a row that could pit multiple Kenyan business stakeholders against licensed betting incumbents. This week, Asha Salim KRA debt enforcement manager demanded to Bob Collymore, CEO of Safaricom, a payment services provider for SportPesa and Betin, pay the …
Read More »‘Kenya & Uganda’ bookmaker Betin launches affiliate program with Income Access
Kenya and Uganda market focused gambling group Betin will launch its affiliate marketing platform utilising Paysafe Group’s Income Access software. Seeking to optimise its partner marketing channels, BCLB-licensed Betin will move to integrate Income Access marketing and player tracking software across its sports betting and online casino products. Betin seeks to become the ‘best value sports betting operator’ within the …
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