Zimbabwe has now joined the league of countries trying to make money on gambling through taxing winners. The government has made the tax regime to help support in the budget for the country. Just like countries like US, Germany etc, they have decided to tax on winning/profit and not operation without considering that gambling population is still growing which can be a discouragement.
To me it can be a draw back despite that the sporting events is getting patronage there but it is not like the US where gambling is already taken as investment and the gambling profit tax is about about 20% +
Some African countries aren't smart when it comes to decision and where to tax their citizens, they don't hesitate to do it fast, as long as it generates money, they are in for it 100%. I don't think in the whole Africa there is any country that gamble like Nigerians especially the sport betting and this is as a result of lack of jobs and the jobs around salaries aren't sufficient, this is why we have plenty of gamblers but the government is been careful about gambling tax.
You can't just wake up and says you want to tax everything when you are not providing the basic resources . It was the same Zimbabwe that was fighting hyper inflation with their currency littered on the streets some years ago and yet this is where they are going. I wish the gamblers successful winning in their gambling journey but I know that after this news, many people wouldn't use the national gambling platforms again, they will resort to platforms where governments can keep tract of their gambling activities.