Gambling Authority Finalises Promotional Competitions Regulations
Monday, January 20, 2020
A promotional competition is defined as a lottery conducted for the purpose of promoting the sale or use of any goods or services under the Gambling Act of 2012.
According to the Authority’s 2019 annual report, in the past year, they considered 65 promotional competitions in which 55 requests were approved to conduct competitions while the remaining 10 were rejected.
The recent disclosure by the IEC that 2,513 registrations have been turned down due to various irregularities should prompt all Batswana to meticulously review the voters' rolls and address concerns about rejected registrations.The disparities flagged by the IEC are troubling and emphasise the significance of rigorous voter registration processes.Out of the rejected registrations, 29 individuals were disqualified due to non-existent Omang...