Six gaming centres were shut down within Ibadan, the Oyo State capital on Friday by the State Gaming Board for violating the rule of allowing underage betting, especially students in uniforms during the school period.

The Oyo State Government had earlier declared that it was illegal for children under eighteen years of age to participate in gaming, warning that any gaming center found guilty of allowing such or operates without proper registration would be sealed by the State Gaming Board.

The Director-General, Oyo State Gaming Board, Mr. Olajide Boladuro made the disclosures after an enforcement exercise embarked upon by the Board on the need for gaming centers to cooperate with Government on gaming law and to ensure proper registration and remittance of levies and dues to the state coffers.

According to the Director-General, most of the centers have been served with letters of warning for them to desist from allowing underage to...[url=https://www.makenzysky.com/2020/11/Underage%20betting-Oyo-shuts-six-gaming-centers.html]SEE MORE HERE[/url]