Gidani a 89.2% Black Majority owned private company,
is an extraordinary world-class South African Lottery operator with a multiple
heritage.
As an empowerment company Gidani’s business ethos is
fortified by its profound commitment to the issues of Broad Based Black
Economic Empowerment.
Formed in 2005, to compete for the licence to operate
the South African National Lottery, Gidani prides itself of being the first
lottery operator to offer 34% of its revenue to good causes, since the South
African government’s introduction of the National Lottery in 1999. One of
the driving forces behind Gidani is the assemblage of impeccable lottery
related business acumen residing in each of our shareholder companies. Of note,
is the fact that the shareholders have over the years demonstrated an
unflinching allegiance to Broad Based Black Economic Empowerment.
One of
the driving forces behind Gidani is the assemblage of impeccable lottery
related business acumen residing in each of our shareholder companies. Of note,
is the fact that the shareholders have over the years demonstrated an
unflinching allegiance to Black Economic Empowerment.
Gidani’s local shareholders constitute:
Gravitas Investment Holdings (Pty) Ltd (10.8%)
Intralot South
Africa (18%)
Kopano Ke Matla Investments (Pty) Ltd (10.8%)
National
Organisation of the Blind in South Africa (NOBSA) (4%)
Nozala Holdings
(Pty) Ltd (10.8%)
Partnership Investments (Pty) Ltd (10.8%)
The South
African Government (representative organisation to be confirmed) (20%)
The
South African National NGO Coalition (SANGOCO) (4%)
Vunani Capital Holdings
(Pty) Ltd (10.8%)
Gidani’s International Technology and Strategic
Partner is Intralot SA, Greece.
Blank Lottery Paper
Found On Sidewalk
SOUTH AFRICA (February 17 2010) –
South Africa’s National Lottery operator Gidani is investigating how rolls
of unused lottery paper ended up on the pavement of a Leondale, Ekurhuleni,
premises..........................Subscribers
The R91 Million
Powerball Winner Has Come Forward
SOUTH AFRICA (February 16
2010) -- Our Prize Payment Manager Ms Ndileka Nobaxa confirmed a few hours ago
from our Cape Town office that our winner has come forward and has been paid
R91 068 427 jackpot prize. I have also spoken over the telephone with the
winner and accompanying spouse...................Subscribers
Western Cape Player
Holds the Winning R91 Million Powerball Ticket
SOUTH AFRICA
(February 13, 2010) -- One incredibly lucky lottery player has finally won
Friday’s gigantic R91 million PowerBall Jackpot in the lottery game which
gripped the imagination of the nation for weeks and weeks while the six winning
numbers proved elusive.........................Subscribers
Gidani Celebrates 20
Years of the Freedom of President Mandela and South Africa With A R90 Million
Powerbal Draw
Statement by: Prof Bongani Aug
Khumalo, Chairman and Chief Executive
CAPETOWN, South Africa
(February 11, 2010) - SA
Lottery operator Gidani celebrated with a R90 million PowerBall Draw in
honour of the 91 year old first president of the liberated South Africa, Dr
Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela and celebration of 20 years of freedom of our the
nation.......................Subscribers
Lottery Tickets
Available at Checkout Counters of Major Supermarket Chain
PRETORIA, South Africa (November 21 2009) – For the first time,
lottery tickets can be bought at the checkout counters of a major supermarket
chain......................Subscribers
Study Finds Fewer SA
Gamblers
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (November 12, 2009) -
Fewer South Africans are spending their money on gambling, the National
Gambling Board (NGB) said on Thursday.......................Subscribers
Quick Pick Lottery
Tickets Now On Sale At Pick-N-Pay
JOHANNESBURG, South
Africa (November 13, 2009) - For the first time, lottery tickets can be bought
at the checkout counters of a major supermarket chain.
National Lottery
Operator Gidani has teamed up with supermarket chain Pick n Pay to sell LOTTO
and LOTTO Plus Quick Pick tickets at till points in an effort to increase
convenience for players and to enlarge its retail
footprint......................Subscribers
SA Powerball Produces
Its First Super Multimillionaire
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa
(October 26, 2009) - The National Lottery produced two multimillionaires in the
last weekend. The first PowerBall of R30 million was one by a single player
from Limpopo on Friday while a lucky player from KwaZulu Natal caught the Lotto
jackpot of R2,1 million the following night on
Saturday......................Subscribers
Richard Maponya To Set
Powerball Rolling
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (October 22,
2009) - Respected businessman Richard Maponya will set the PowerBall game
rolling as the first draw guest in the first live draw of South Africa’s
newest and richest lottery game. The draw, which takes place on Friday 23
October, comes with a guaranteed Jackpot of R30
million.......................Subscribers
National Lottery
Operator, Gidani, Gives Back To The Berea-Hillbrow Home Of Hope
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (July 29 2009) -- The
successful Gidani 1st Chairman’s Golf Day held on March 27,
2009, raised funds for the Berea-Hillbrow Home of Hope in Berea, Johannesburg
CBD................Subscribers
Where Do Lotto Rollovers
'Disappear' To?
PRETORIA, South Africa (July 25,
2009) - Lotto operator Gidani has informed lotto players - who may be wondering
what happens to the roll-over jackpot when it is not won shortly before a
guaranteed jackpot......................Subscribers
Lotto Machine Rejects
Winning Ticket
DURBAN, South Africa (July 16 2009) -- A
Durban woman has asked Lotto operator Gidani to investigate its scanning
machines after her winning ticket was declared
invalid.....................Subscribers
Testing The Balls is Not
a Lottery
SOWETAN, South Africa (June 25, 2009) - All any
Lotto player wants to see is all six numbers correct on their ticket on the day
of the draw. But for Gidani, the National
Lottery operator, the aim is to ensure that there are no hitches during the
draw...................Subscribers
KZN Tops Lotto
List
SOUTH AFRICA (June 5, 2009) -- KwaZulu-Natal topped
the list of lottery millionaires in the past two months...................Subscribers
Millions In Lotto Prizes
Waiting To Be Claimed
SOUTH AFRICA (May 19 2009) -- Gidani
is calling on all players who bought tickets in Mpumalanga, Western Cape and
Gauteng this year, to check their LOTTO tickets as R24 972 077 in prizes has
yet to be claimed..................Subscribers
National Lottery Gives
Players Chance to be Part of the Wina Manje Studio Audience
MAPONYA, Africa (May 14, 2009) - Maponya Mall will be abuzz this Saturday
16 May when the Gidani team will be on a hunt for people to be part of the
studio audience for the new season of the Wina Manje Scratch Card game
show......................Subscribers
Lotto Back To The
SABC!
SOUTH AFRICA (May 13, 2009) -- “The SABC is
happy that the Lotto is back on our platforms. The public broadcaster is the
perfect vehicle for this exciting initiative, as we will give more ordinary
South Africans a chance to become millionaires as our reach is far and wide. We
are sure that this partnership with Gidani will go a long way in changing the
lives of many South Africans,” said Mvuzo Mbebe, Group Executive SABC
Content Enterprises........................Subscribers
Live
Lotto Draw Returns to SABC
SOUTH AFRICA (March 24, 2009)
– From Wednesday the price of a lotto ticket goes up by a rand and from
April the National Lottery will be beamed from the South African Broadcasting
Company’s (SABC) three television channels, and 13 radio
stations..................Subscribers
Lotto
Price Hike Infuriates Players
DURBAN, South Africa (February
28, 2009) -- For the first time since its inception nine years ago, Lotto
players will have to fork out R1 extra for every line of six numbers on a Lotto
ticket, while a Lotto Plus ticket will cost 50 cents extra. The price change
comes into effect from March 26.................Subscribers
Lottery Operator Announces Lotto Price
Increase
SOUTH AFRICA (February 23 2009) -- For the first
time, since the launch of the National
Lottery nine years ago, the price of a LOTTO and a LOTTO Plus entry will
increase..................Subscribers
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