The Director-General (DG) of the Cross River State Lottery and Gaming Agency, Michael Eja, has revealed that approximately 60 million Nigerians engage in gambling daily. Eja made this known during the launch of a new sports betting platform, Woskybet, in Abuja on Friday. He noted that the gambling industry in Nigeria is a booming one currently valued between N500 billion …

The federal government has launched Project Phoenix, a transformative initiative designed to enhance revenue collection in the lottery and gaming sector In an inaugural meeting of the Joint Committee for the implementation of the initiative, the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Mr Wale Edun, said that the initiative would ensure a transparent revenue collection in the …

The Federal Government had threatened to sanction operators in the lottery and gaming business who failed to meet laid down statutory obligations in the industry. The Minister for Special Duties and Inter-Governmental Affairs, Mr. Zephaniah Jisalo sounded the warning Thursday during the official commissioning and handover of 15 motorised boreholes sunk in 15 Benue communities by the National Lottery Trust …

The Federal Government is eyeing over 10 million jobs in the lottery and gaming industry, the Minister of Special Duties and Inter-Governmental Affairs, Zephaniah Jisalo, said on Saturday. The minister, who described the lottery as a “wealth generator”, pledged the government’s commitment to improving the industry in order to make it more beneficial to Nigerians and boost government revenue. Jisalo …