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Namibia: gambling regulation and licensing

  • iLotteryRegulated
Regulator
Lotteries Board of Namibia
Headline tax
Not yet verified
Licence required
Not yet verified
Last verified
30 Aug 2026

Summary

Namibia's lottery sector is regulated by the Lotteries Board of Namibia, the statutory authority mandated to regulate, oversee and monitor all lottery activity under the Lotteries Act, 2017. Its remit covers public, private, benevolent and promotional competitions, and it works through continuous monitoring, compliance inspections and stakeholder engagement. Board members are appointed by the Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Tourism. The board publishes its vision as being a trusted and transparent lotteries regulatory authority, and describes the good causes the State Lottery and Sports Pool fund: charitable expenditure, youth empowerment, arts, culture and sport, and national emergencies including flood and drought response. It has also benchmarked against Kenya's Betting Control and Licensing Board, which is a sign of a young regulator building capacity by looking at established regional peers rather than at European models. The scope point matters and is easy to get wrong. The Lotteries Board's published mandate is lotteries, not gambling in general, so its existence does not establish the position on casino gaming, sports betting or remote play in Namibia, which are governed separately. This profile records the lotteries regulator and its statute, and leaves everything else as honest gaps. The identity and operational status of any wider gambling authority, vertical status beyond lotteries, licence types, fees, tax treatment, advertising rules and compliance obligations have not yet been verified against primary sources.

Common pitfalls

The Lotteries Board of Namibia regulates lotteries specifically. It is not the authority for casino gaming or sports betting, and citing it as Namibia's general gambling regulator is a category error.

Key facts

Regulator
Lotteries Board of Namibia (LBN)
Regulator type
Dedicated regulator
Headline tax
Not yet verified
Licence required
Not yet verified
Minimum age
Not yet verified
Tax base
Not yet verified

Advertising

Advertising permitted
Not yet verified
Affiliate rules
Affiliates are not separately licensed. Only operators holding a licence from the national regulator may lawfully be promoted.

Restrictions

  • Gambling and lotteries are supervised under the national framework, with the Lotteries Board of Namibia among the responsible bodies.
  • Only licensed operators may be promoted.

Sources

  1. Lotteries Board of Namibia

    Lotteries Board of Namibia

    Tier 1Accessed 27 Aug 2026

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