Gaming Board awarded first prize in 2023 DITF  

Tanzania Trade Authority (TanTrade), the trade fair organizing body, introduced a popular vote procedure to find the winner for the category.

This year, people were allowed to choose the winner by voting online, as opposed to previous years which had a special committee going through the booths and then selecting the winners.

"We consider these to be a great achievement for us and we thank Tanzanians for recognizing us and appreciating the good work being done by the Gaming Board of Tanzania," GBT's Director General, James Mbalwe, disclosed.

He said while addressing journalists at his office in Dar es Salaam last weekend the public recognizes the contribution of the sports betting sector in the development of the country.

“In this fiscal year ending June 2023, a total of 160bn/- of direct tax will be collected from the sector on an increase of 148bn/- collected in the previous financial year 2022," Mbalwe said.

He said GBT will continue to carry out its responsibilities by existing laws, regulations, and procedures.

"Gaming is entertainment, not employment, it's employment for operators but entertainment for players," GBT boss noted.

He said GBT has been operating for 20 years since its inception and as time goes by, it has only grown stronger.

The GBT’s Senior Public Relations Officer, Zena Athumani, pointed out that apart from ending as the winner in the Management Authority group, GBT was named the third winner of the Best Exhibition Booth this year.