Ghana Loses GH¢300m Per Year To Online Betting – Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu
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The government has said it intends to plug the holes in online betting to stop an annual estimated leakage of GHS300 million.
Caretaker Finance Minister Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu told Parliament on Friday, March 12, 2021, when he presented this year’s budget that “gaming has become a major income earner all across the globe and a significant source of government revenue”.
However, he noted that the “influx of online betting and automation of the once-totally-manual process, has changed the character of revenue sources from that industry”.
“It is estimated that Ghana loses over GH¢300 million annually in revenue due to leakages in the sector”, he revealed.
The Ministry of Finance and the Ministry for the Interior, the Majority Leader noted, “will co-supervise the gaming industry and will soon consult with stakeholders to formulate a comprehensive policy to improve revenue mobilization from this source”.
By: Class FM