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Lagos state alone generated $243 million in revenue last year. So, gambling is coming up huge. And people are beginning to understand the essence of gambling,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn Nigeria, presently, we are doing over N500 to N600bn in revenue. If I am not mistaken, we have over 150 million people in the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd presently, from the statistics that we have got, we know that about 60 million Nigerians gamble daily. We\u2019ve not captured 90 percent of that market.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on the Federal Government\u2019s complaint about gambling centers failing to remit to the treasury, he added, \u201cThe government is doing its best. They are upgrading their platforms and they are working very hard to ensure that all the operators are brought into the tax net of each of the states in Nigeria, and gradually we\u2019re beginning to bring them in.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo over time, you\u2019re going to see the benefit of, you know, the revenue that the gaming industry can generate in Nigeria.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eja pointed out that the opportunities and potentials abound in the industry are yet to be fully tapped and harnessed An estimated 60 million Nigerians engage in one form of gambling or the other every day, Michael Eja has said. 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