Gaming Commission Marks 20 Years of Gaming Regulation

A brand new chapter in gaming regulation and accountable digital innovation was launched because the Gaming Commission of Ghana formally inaugurated its twentieth Anniversary celebrations below the theme, “Honouring Our Past, Innovating Our Future in a Digital World.”

Delivering the keynote tackle, the Deputy Minister for the Interior, Hon. Ebenezer Okletey-Terlabi, described the anniversary as a second of reflection and renewed accountability for each authorities and regulators to safeguard the integrity of the gaming sector.

“The theme is both timely and instructive. It reminds us that effective regulation must be rooted in history, responsive to present realities, and adaptive to future technological changes,” the Deputy Minister acknowledged.

Hon. Terlabi famous that whereas the gaming trade has created employment alternatives and generated income for nationwide growth, the fast progress of digital and cellular gaming platforms has additionally launched rising dangers together with unlawful on-line operations, underage playing, habit considerations, and illicit monetary actions.

“From the perspective of the Ministry of the Interior, regulation of the gaming industry is not only an economic function, but also a matter of public safety, law enforcement, and social stability,” Hon. Terlabi emphasised.

The Deputy Minister counseled the Gaming Commission for evolving from a centrally targeted regulator right into a nationwide establishment with expanded zonal workplaces throughout the nation, strengthening compliance monitoring and enforcement capability.

Board Chairman of the Commission, Hon. James Enu Esq., applauded the contributions of previous and current management, employees, and stakeholders whose efforts have formed the expansion of the trade through the years.

In his remarks, Acting Gaming Commissioner, Mr Emmanuel Siisi Quainoo reaffirmed the Commission’s dedication to accountable gaming, public schooling, and stronger regulation in response to altering trade tendencies and rising considerations about playing habit amongst younger individuals.

He introduced a collection of actions to mark the anniversary celebration, together with inter-school quiz competitions, inter-agency video games, regional outreach programmes, sanitation workout routines, charity occasions, a world gaming convention, an awards ceremony for long-serving employees, and a thanksgiving service.

The commemorative launch introduced collectively authorities officers, regulators, gaming operators, safety companies, and stakeholders in Accra to replicate on twenty years of regulating Ghana’s gaming trade whereas charting a path for the longer term in an more and more digital panorama.