Gambling Authority to set up rehabilitation facility

The rehabilitation facility will be built using the 15 percent monthly levy paid by the operators. Botswana has nine licensed casinos: three in Gaborone, two in Selebi-Phikwe and Francistown and one in Jwaneng and Lobatse.

According to the authority’s Chief Executive Officer, Tulisizwe Johnson they have a mandate to promote responsible gambling, noting that they were planning to build the facility that would rehabilitate excessive gamblers from becoming addicts.