Nigeria
Who licenses betting in Nigeria
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
- No single authority licenses online betting here.
- Legal basis
- Supreme Court judgment of 22 November 2024: the National Lottery Act has no national reach, and licensing belongs to the states.
- Minimum age
- 18
What the listed bookmakers publish about themselves
| Bookmaker | Authority named | Permit number | Where it says so |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bet9ja | not named | 0001074/00000014 | footer |
| Bet9ja | not named | 00000014 | footer |
| BetKing | not named | 00000006/00000008 | footer |
| BetKing | not named | 00000008 | footer |
| SportyBet | National Lottery Regulatory Commission (NLRC) | 0001014 | footer |
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.