The National Lottery Authority, NLA has signed a contract with some 12 Private Lotto Operators (PLOs) who will now operate under the umbrella of the NLA. The contract, which is valid for one year, is from 1st January 2022 to 31st December 2022.
PLOs who want to operate under the 5/90 Game under the National Lotto Act 2006 (Act 722) would pay an amount of GHS 1,500,000 while those who want to operate under Veterans Administration (VAG) Act 2012 (Act 844) would pay an amount of GHS 500, 000.
Those who will operate both will pay an amount of GHS 2,000,000.
Additionally PLOs operating under Act 722 are required to pay an amount GHS 100,000 in support of the NLA’s Good Causes Foundation while those operating under Act 844 will pay an amount of GHS 50,000.
NLA will issue them with ID Cards and Point of Sale Terminals to facilitate their work. Director-General of the NLA, Mr. Samuel Awuku who presented the contract to the lotto operators in the presence of the Board of Directors says the move is part of lined up programs to streamline the operations of lotto in Ghana.
" This is good news for us at NLA, at least it will help bring sanity into the lotto industry, we hope that as times goes on others will join and regularize their activities.
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