UNBELIEVABLE: Imo House of Assembly to regulate game betting, lotteries.

A bill for a law to repeal ( end) lotteries, pool-betting, gaming and
casino promotion and control and enact the lotteries, pools-betting,
gaming and casino promotion control Board in Imo State, and other
related matters has been considered for third reading.

This is part of the Imo State House of Assembly's effort to ensure
that the Internally Generated Revenues (IGRs) of the state is given a
boost.

You will recall that owners of pooling, gaming, casinos, sports' bets
(Naira-Bet, Bet-9ja) and lotteries' outfits are foreigners who have
sapped the state's economy without paying commensurate taxes due to
the state government.

To ensure that most pooling and gaming agencies obtain operational
licenses, the Speaker, Rt. Hon. Acho Ihim, constituted a committee
chaired by Hon. Donatus Onuigwe.
Other members are; Hon. Ifeanyi Nnataraonye, Hon. Marcel Odunze, Hon.
Ikechukwu Amuka, Hon. Arthur Egwim and Hon. Lugard Osuji.