Section 62 Nigeria Tax Act 2025

Section 62 of the Nigeria Tax Act 2025 is about Lottery and gaming trade or business. It provides as follows:

(1) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any other law, the income of lottery and gaming trade or business shall be charged to tax in accordance with the provisions of this Act.

(2) In determining the assessable profits of lottery and gaming trade or business, the following deductions shall be allowed, in addition to other deductions allowed under Chapter Two of this Act –
(a) any amount paid as winnings, prizes or similar payments from the relevant Prize Fund;

(b) agency commission expenses incurred; and
(c) levies paid to relevant regulatory and government authorities as contained in relevant federal or state laws.

(3) For the purposes of this section –
“gaming” includes gambling, wagering, video poker, roulette, craps, bingo, slot or gaming machine, drawings or other games of chance conducted by
any person; and

“lottery” or “lotteries” includes any betting, game, scheme, arrangement, system, plan, promotional competition or device for the distribution of prizes by lot or chance, or as a result of the exercise of skill and chance or based on the outcome of real or virtual sporting events, or any other game, scheme, arrangement, system, plan, competition or device.

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