Ghana
Who licenses betting in Ghana
Three countries, three answers. Nigeria has no national gambling regulator since the Supreme Court ruling of 22 November 2024 and licences are issued state by state. Ghana licenses through the Gaming Commission of Ghana. Kenya licenses through the Gambling Regulatory Authority, which replaced the Betting Control and Licensing Board under the Gambling Control Act 2025. A licence from one of them is not a licence in the other two.
The basis
- Authority
- Gaming Commission of Ghana
- Legal basis
- Gaming Act 2006 (Act 721). The tax on winnings was repealed by Act 1129 on 2 April 2025.
- Minimum age
- 18
What the listed bookmakers publish about themselves
| Bookmaker | Authority named | Permit number | Where it says so |
|---|---|---|---|
| MSport | Gaming Commission of Ghana | GCSB26R0957A | not recorded |
| MSport | Gaming Commission of Ghana | GCCA26S3348H | not recorded |
| Betway | Gaming Commission of Ghana | not printed | not recorded |
| Betway | Gaming Commission of Ghana | not printed | not recorded |
| SportyBet | Gaming Commission of Ghana | 0000237 | not recorded |
Every cell in this table is a quotation from the bookmaker's own site. None of it has been checked against a register, and a cell reading "not named" means the operator printed a number without saying who issued it.