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First Lotto is a whopper!
28/09/2007 14:50 - (SA)
Johannesburg - After an absence of six months the National Lottery would make its comeback with a jackpot prize of R15m, newly appointed lotto operator Gidani announced on Friday.
Tickets for the first draw which would take place on October 13, would go on sale at 7 000 retailers across the country from next week Friday, October 5.
As in the past, punters would be able to buy tickets for the Lotto and Lotto Plus draw as well as the Wina Manje scratch card games and Sportstake games.
"Lotto is back," said a smiling Gidani chairman and chief executive Bongani Khumalo in making the announcement on Friday.
Ticket prices will remain unchanged with a lotto ticket going for R2.50 and an additional R1 for the lotto plus draw.
Khumalo also announced that Gidani would give 34% of its revenue to the National Lottery Distribution Trust Fund for distribution to worthy causes.
Gidani was named as the new National Lottery operator by Trade and Industry Minister Mandisi Mpahlwa last Friday.
Gidani was previously named as operator but the awarding of the licence was challenged by the previous operator, Uthingo, in court.
The Pretoria High Court ordered Mpahlwa to review all the bidders for operating the lottery and while that process was ongoing the lottery was suspended.
In the meantime the chairperson of the National Lotteries Board, Joseph Foster, said players who still held winning tickets from the draws taking place under Uthingo's management could still claim their winnings.
"Players are reminded that they have only 365 days from the date of the draw for which they have a winning ticket to cash in prizes," he said.
Similarly people holding valid winning scratch cards could also claim their prices.
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