{"id":270472,"date":"2019-06-21T22:21:41","date_gmt":"2019-06-21T20:21:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=270472"},"modified":"2019-06-21T22:21:41","modified_gmt":"2019-06-21T20:21:41","slug":"met-to-legalize-all-gambling-machines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=270472","title":{"rendered":"MET to legalize all gambling machines"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"js_2\" class=\"_5pbx userContent _3576\" data-testid=\"post_message\" data-ft=\"{&quot;tn&quot;:&quot;K&quot;}\">\n<p>Maria David<br \/>\nTOURISM Minister, Pohamba Shifeta on Thursday said that all gambling machines will be legalized and no machine will be confiscated by his ministry.<br \/>\nHe made these remarks during a stakeholder\u2019s consultative meeting held in Oshakati on gambling machine operations.<br \/>\nShifeta said there are too many gambling machines in the country, and majority of gamblers are local people from the lower income sectors of our society.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_270478\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"width: 300px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/64715180_2305557046177909_7216234232027283456_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-270478\" src=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/64715180_2305557046177909_7216234232027283456_n-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/64715180_2305557046177909_7216234232027283456_n-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/64715180_2305557046177909_7216234232027283456_n-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/64715180_2305557046177909_7216234232027283456_n.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Picture for illustrative purposes only<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>According to Shifeta, the country has 260 licensed slot machine operators, of which six are casinos while 254 are gambling houses. There was a total of 2 845 registered slot machines (1 145 in casinos and 1 700 in gambling houses), which contribute N$22 million to government coffers annually.<br \/>\nAccording to the minister, the government estimates that there are roughly 20 000 unlicensed gambling machines in about 2 600 illegal gambling houses countrywide.<br \/>\n\u201cWe are also trying to ensure that the issuing of licenses in respect of gambling and gambling activities is transparent, fair and equitable,\u201d he explained.<br \/>\nShifeta stated that the legislation will not only ensure strict regulation of the gambling activities but it has new provisions to protect members of the public who participate in these activities, the society and the national economy at large.<br \/>\nChairperson of Namibia Chamber of Commerce and Industry (NCCI), Tomas Iindji, said business people are buying the gambling machines legally, but the process of legalization the gambling operations is bloated with bureaucracy and unclear procedures.<br \/>\n\u201cWe want to operate legally and access the licenses as urgently as yesterday,\u201d said Iindji.<br \/>\nIindji noted that the process of securing licenses should not be cumbersome. It should rather be easy and straightforward.<br \/>\nDespite wanting to legalize all gambling machine, Iindji stated that the Chamber is deeply concerned about the manner in which the exercise to round up illegal gambling machine operation is being emphasized.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-266465\" src=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Verimark728x180px.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"728\" height=\"180\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maria David TOURISM Minister, Pohamba Shifeta on Thursday said that all gambling machines will be legalized and no machine will be confiscated by his ministry. He made these remarks during a stakeholder\u2019s consultative meeting held in Oshakati on gambling machine operations. Shifeta said there are too many gambling machines in the country, and majority of &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":270478,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-270472","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>MET to legalize all gambling machines - Informant\u00e9<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"TOURISM Minister, Pohamba Shifeta on Thursday said that all gambling machines will be legalized and no machine will be confiscated by his ministry.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/informante.web.na\/?p=270472\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"MET to legalize all gambling machines - 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