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By The Weekly Edge desk ·
iGaming Afrika reported that NLGRB and Uganda Police confiscated over 6,000 illegal gaming machines nationwide. The seizures formed part of Operation Mashine Haramu.
The nationwide operation removes thousands of illegal gaming machines.
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