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Tanzania’s gambling sector generated approximately $116.7 million in annual tax receipts, as mobile access and digital payments supported growth and prompted stronger regulatory coordination.
Tanzania’s gambling industry generated TZS307.8 billion, approximately $116.7 million, in tax revenue during the financial year ended June 2026, according to Gaming Board of Tanzania (GBT) director general James Mbalwe.
The total increased from TZS260.21 billion in 2024/25, representing growth of approximately 18.3%. The figures cover the wider gambling sector, rather than online gambling alone.
Mbalwe attributed the increase partly to wider access to mobile phones, which enables customers to use sports betting and casino products without visiting physical venues.
Digital payments have also simplified deposits and withdrawals. In comments to iGaming Business, he said online products had changed the composition of industry revenue: land-based casinos and slot machines previously dominated, but online-based games now contribute the largest share.
He also identified legal and economic reforms as factors supporting private investment in the sector. The published figures do not provide a separate tax-revenue breakdown for online casino, sports betting and other gambling products.
Alongside the revenue growth, GBT identified illegal slot machines, unregulated online platforms and inadequate player-protection systems as continuing challenges.
To strengthen oversight, the board signed a memorandum of understanding with the Prime Minister’s Office responsible for regional administration and local government.
The agreement covers information sharing, public awareness, capacity building and joint monitoring of compliance with gambling laws. It is intended to improve coordination between the national regulator and local authorities.
Mbalwe said local government’s presence across the country could help identify illegal machines more quickly, particularly as unlicensed operators move into remote areas that are harder for GBT to monitor directly.
The regulator is also planning an electronic central database to improve self-exclusion monitoring.
The existing process involves manually circulating excluded players’ details and photographs to operators. Mbalwe described that system as insufficient and said a central electronic platform would help detect attempts to resume gambling.
He added that Tanzania’s current legislation provides limited coverage of responsible gambling and player protection, identifying safeguards as an area requiring further development.
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Tanzania’s gambling sector generated approximately $116.7 million in annual tax receipts, as mobile access and digital payments supported growth and prompted stronger regulatory coordination.
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