By Ogechi Uche-Ebosie
The National Lottery Regulatory Commission has clamped down on some illegal lottery operators in Lagos State.

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The exercise was carried out on the lottery operators who refused to register with the Commission and those that have registered but refused to fulfil their obligations or comply with the rules and regulations.

The first operator that fell under the Commission’s hammer was 1960 Bet, which occupied the same building with the Commission at No 17, Aje Street, Sabo, Yaba, Lagos. The operator violated the National Lottery act of 2005 and so, the office was sealed up.

Bonanzawin, another operator, located at 148, Bode Thomas Street, Surulere, Lagos was also sealed but after much deliberation which lasted for hours, the operator signed an undertaken, to register with the Commission. Their argument was that they have registered with Lagos State. The undertaken stated that the operator should register within a week and at the end, the seal was removed.

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Mrs. Okuna stated that once an office was sealed, the director of the said company or any senior staff would be accompanied by a Police Officer, to a near by Police station to write statement as regards the sealing off of their office.