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South Africa National Lottery
Address:
Former Nashua Building Stand 405, Halfway House extension 32 Old Pretoria Main Road Halfway House Midrand
Postal Address: Gidani (Pty) Ltd Private Bag X130 Halfway House Midrand, 1685
Internet: www.nationallottery.co.za
E-mail Address: info@gidani.co.za
Phone: 011 564 0000
Fax: N/A
Population: 43.9 million (Est. 2007)
Chairman (NLB): Joe Foster
Year Lottery Founded:
1999
Lotto was launched on March 2, 2000.
Scratch Cards were launched on October 23, 2000
Total Sales: 2006: ZAR 4.4 Billion Rand (local currency).
Number of Employees: See Gidani
On-line Vendor: INTRALOT
Instant Ticket Vendor: Scientific Games
ITVMs: None
Games Offered: National Lottery, Lotto / Lotto Plus, SportStake, Wina Manje Scratch Cards
Beneficiaries: Good causes, including welfare, arts and culture, sport, and more general causes in the ambit of the Reconstruction and Development Programme.
Jurisdiction: South Africa


Background Information

Gidani, the National Lottery’s Operator, works in collaboration with the National Lotteries Board to ensure that the most effective service is offered to the South African players - within the responsible gaming framework at all times.

Lottery News 2010

Lotto Reaches 1000th Draw Milestone
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (July 27, 2010) - South Africa’s first national lottery game LOTTO has reached the 1000th draw milestone, national lottery operator Gidani..................Subscribers

New Time Slots For Live Lottery Draws This Week
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (June 22, 2010) - This week’s live draws for the PowerBall and LOTTO games will be temporarily moved to a new time slot due to the screening of World Cup Matches, National Lottery Operator Gidani has announced.........Subscribers

National Lottery Launches Official Online And SMS Playing Channels
MIDRAND, South Africa (May 27, 2010) - SA National Lottery Operator Gidani has announced that LOTTO, LOTTO Plus, PowerBall and Sportstake players can now play their favourite games via its official online and SMS channels.............Subscribers

EC Gambling Board CEO Probed Over Allegations
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (March 9, 2010) -  An investigation into the CEO of the Eastern Cape Gambling and Betting Board has been launched, the provincial Finance MEC is reported to have said on Tuesday......................Subscribers

Lotto Needs to Loosen Up Criteria
SOUTH AFRICA (March 7, 2010) -- Olympic sports body Sascoc wants the National Lottery to review its funding criteria for sports......................Subscribers

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

Lottery News 2009

Minister Appoints Lotteries Board
SOUTH AFRICA (December 7, 2009) – According to Press reports the Minister of Trade and Industry Dr Rob Davies has appointed a new chairman and new members to the National Lotteries Board.................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 Gets New Lotto Game - PowerBall - Richest Yet
SOUTH AFRICA (October 15 2009) -- South Africa's newest and richest game, PowerBall, goes live tomorrow with a guaranteed jackpot of R30 million, the South African Broadcasting Company (SABC) reported.......................Subscribers

South Africa’s National Lottery Operator Launches New Game
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (September 16 2009) – The South African Broadcasting Company (SABC) reports that the National Lottery Operator, Gidani, has launched a new game called Power Ball...............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 Jackpots Set To Rocket Under Rule Change Governing Rollovers
SOUTH AFRICA (April 30 2009) – According to local media reports the National Lottery is about to get even bigger.................Subscribers

Post Office To Get 10% Of Lottery
SOUTH AFRICA (April 16, 2009) – According to local sources (Sapa) the Government said on Thursday it would cede half of its twenty (20%) percent stake-holding in the national lottery.......................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

National Lotteries Board Satisfied That the Numbers Drawn on February 7, 2009 Were Random and that the Integrity of the Total Process Was Impeccable
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (February 26 2009) -- The integrity of the National Lottery was intact and there was nothing irregular about 18 winners sharing a recent jackpot, the National Lotteries Board (NLB) said on Thursday...............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

Lottery News 2008

Soccer Fever Rises With Midweek Sportstake Draw
SOUTH AFRICA (September 8 2008) -- Lottery players will now have a second chance to shoot Jackpot goals when National Lottery operator Gidani introduces the midweek SportStake draw with R350 000 as the top prize on Wednesday, 10 September 2008..................Subscribers

National Lottery Operator Gidani Strikes Overnight Success
SOUTH AFRICA (January 10, 2008) -- Barely three months after the new National Lottery operator kick-started the instant millionaire breeding game, a total of R222 million has already been paid out to charity organizations.............Subscribers

Lottery News 2007

Even Losers Can Win With New Lottery Competition
SOUTH AFRICA (July 2, 2008) -- National Lottery operator Gidani’s new competition supports the proverb: If at first you don’t succeed, try again...............Subscribers

National Lottery Operator to Roll-Out Additional Selling Terminals
SOUTH AFRICA (December 18 2007) – South Africa’s National Lottery operator, Gidani, is planning to roll out a further 4,000 Lotto machines to retailers throughout the country early in 2008..............Subscribers

Lotto Draw Dedicated to HIV and Aids Fight
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (December 2, 2007) -- The South African National Lottery operator, Gidani, marked the 2007 World AIDS Day by dedicating Saturday's draw on 1st December 2007 to the fight against HIV and AIDS.........Subscribers

The National Lottery or The Millionaire Factory
SOUTH AFRICA (November 12, 2007) -- The SA National Lottery has only been back a few weeks, but has already created five millionaires..........Subscribers.

SA Lotteries Act to be Amended
SOUTH AFRICA (October 10, 2007) -- Trade and Industry Minister Mandisi Mphahlwa says his department is conducting an overall review of the national lotteries regulatory framework.........Subscribers

South Africa Goes LOTTO
SOUTH AFRICA (October 8, 2007) – National Lottery operator Gidani’s CEO, Bongani Khumalo is reported by the local media as saying it had sold more than 1,5-million lottery tickets by Monday morning..........Subscribers

Excitement Builds as First Lotto Drawing in Months Draws Near
SOUTH AFRICA (October 3 2007) -- This Friday, October 5, lottery players can finally buy tickets for the first Lotto draw under the new management. .............Subscribers

Lotto Change-Over Creates Confusion
SOUTH AFRICA (September 30, 2007) -- Confusion over the validity of multi-draw Lotto tickets purchased before South Africa's national lottery was suspended in March has ............Subscribers

Lotto Bungle Set to Cost Nearly R1 Billion
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (September 21, 2007) -- According to local media reports the bungling over South Africa’s National Lottery license will cost the National Lotteries Board (NLB) nearly .............Subscribers

National Lotteries Board Issues Statement on Staff Bonuses
SOUTH AFRICA (September 20, 2007) -- Recent reports in the media about performance bonuses to National Lotteries Board staff are riddled with inaccuracies that make the Board question the integrity ..........Subscribers

Calls for Lottery Board to Front Parliament
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (September 18, 2007) – The Democratic Alliance (DA) is calling for the National Lotteries Board (NLB) to be summoned to Parliament to explain the mismanagement ........Subscribers

South Africa is Still Without a National Lottery
SOUTH AFRICA (September 12, 2007) – According to local media reports, predicting when South Africa’s national lottery will resume is turning into something of a lottery in itself...............Subscribers

Don’t Mention the ‘LOTTO’ -- Minister Ducks Lotto Questions
SOUTH AFRICA (August 29 2007) – According to local media reports if you would like to know when South Africa’s National lotto game is likely to be relaunched, then don't ask Trade and Industry Minister Mandisi Mpahlwa – Why? because you are not allowed to.........Subscribers

Lotto Silence is Not Golden
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (August 27, 2007) -- Five months after the suspension of the National Lotto game, Trade and Industry Minister Mpahlwa is yet to announce the date when it is to resume.......Subscribers

Legal Case Could Delay the Announcement of New Lotto Operator
SOUTH AFRICA (August 4, 2007) – The Trade and Industry Department has acknowledged for the first time that a private matter might hamper the issuing of a licence to operate the national lottery..............Subscribers

Lotto Announcement Expected Within Days
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (July 29, 2007) -- An announcement on the country's suspended National Lottery is expected within days, according to Department of Trade and Industry insiders...........Subscribers

Confusion Continues in the SA Lottery Debacle
SOUTH AFRICA (July 18 2007) – Confusion continues in the SA Lottery debacle. According to local media sources the National Lottery Board (NLB) announced today in a statement that people who bought their lotto tickets in advance can now get their long awaited refund........Subscribers

Minister Says Consortium to Run Lottery Already Chosen
PRETORIA, South Africa (July 4, 2007) -- Mandisi Mpahlwa, the trade and industry minister, says it's already been decided which consortium will run the National Lottery...........Subscribers

No Date Set for Lottery Return
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (July 3, 2007) -- The department of trade and industry (DTI) is reported by the local media as saying it is still not clear when the lottery will be back........Subscribers

Second Legal Dispute Delays Lotto Return
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (June 30, 2007) -- According to local media reports a Mr. Ceric Musawenkosi Ndlela has applied in the Johannesburg High Court to prevent the minister, the Lotteries Board and former national lottery operator Uthingo from operating or taking part in any national lottery activities..........Subscribers

Promises, Promises, Promises, Lottery to be up and Running Soon
SOUTH AFRICA (June 26 2007) – We have heard it all before, but according to local media reports Trade and Industry Minister Mandisi Mpahlwa told MPs last week that his department was working very hard to get the National Lottery up and running again...........Subscribers

Lotto Back Soon But Casualties Mounting
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (June 23, 2007) -- The South African Lotto should be up and running again very shortly. This is according to Trade and Industry Minister Mandisi Mpahlwa, who told MPs this week that the issues would be resolved "in the very near future".........Subscribers

National Lotteries Board Delivers Report To Trade And Industry Minister
SOUTH AFRICA (June 1, 2007) -- I am pleased to say that the National Lotteries Board (NLB) has now delivered to me a report that contains its recommendation regarding  the awarding of the license to operate the National Lottery........Subscribers

Lotto Announcement Imminent
SOUTH AFRICA (May 29, 2007) – The South African Broadcasting Company (SABC) reported today that Mandisi Mpahlwa, the trade and industry minister, told the National Assembly that he will make an announcement about the lottery in the next few days.......Subscribers

Soccer Pools Replace Lotto
SOUTH AFRICA (May 15, 2007) -- One company is not sorry that the National (Lotto) Lottery has been suspended. According to local new sourcses JSE-listed Phumelela Gaming & Leisure, the company which runs Soccer 6 pools, confirmed yesterday that their turnover for the latter had risen sharply over the past six weeks.........Subscribers

Lotto Saga Continues; Judge Postpones Lottery Court Application
PRETORIA, South Africa (May 14, 2007) – The Pretoria High Court has postponed indefinitely an application by losing lottery bidder, Igwija Gaming, to obtain detailed information from the National Lotteries Board about its decision making process........Subscribers

Lottery Remains in Limbo, Board Under 'Extreme Pressure'
SOUTH AFRICA (May 10 2007) – According to local media reports there is still no clarity on when the national lottery, suspended since the end of March, will be back up and running........Subscribers

Lottery Board Back In Court, Igwija Syndicate Seeks Documents Under FOI
PRETORIA, South Africa (May 7, 2007) – The Igwija Gaming syndicate, one of the losing bidders for the SA National Lottery license, has reportedly taken court action to obtain detailed information from the Lotteries Board about its decision making process...........Subscribers

Mid-June Date For New Lottery Operator Is Now Uncertain
SOUTH AFRICA (May 5, 2007) -- Gidani, the consortium that lost the SA National Lottery licence following a court appeal by former operator Uthingo.........Subscribers

Process To Find New Lotto Operator Continues
SOUTH AFRICA (April 30, 2007) -- The process of finding a new national lottery operator is still underway, the South African Press Association (SAPA) reports the department of trade and industry (DTI) as saying.......Subscribers

Lottery Decision Pushed Out To June
SOUTH AFRICA (April 30 2007) -- The National Lotteries Board (NLB) has reportedly asked the department of trade and industry to postpone the decision of who will win the license to operate the National lottery until the middle of June, to give it more time to ensure the selection procedures were properly executed..........Subscribers

Government Criticized For Suspending National Lotto Game
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (April 29, 2007) – According to local media reports the opposition is turning up the heat on the government over its suspending the National Lotto game.........Subscribers

NLB Asks For Extension of the Deadline to Resolve Lottery Crisis
SOUTH AFRICA (April 26 2007) – The department of trade and industry confirmed that the National Lotteries Board (NLB) had asked for an extension of the deadline to complete investigations of the four preferred bidders for the licence to run the National lottery.......Subscribers

New Lottery Operator To Be Announced Next Month
SOUTH AFRICA (April 19, 2007) -- The department of trade and industry will announce which consortium will be the new lotto operator by the beginning of next month........Subscribers

Timetable for Lottery Decision Still on Track - Minister Says
SOUTH AFRICA (April 15 2007) -- According to Trade and Industry Minister Mandisi Mpahlwa an announcement concerning the awarding of a licence to run the SA National Lottery is still on track within the "about one month" period promised..........Subscribers

Lottery Decision Could be Months Away
SOUTH AFRICA (April 6, 2007) -- According to a local media report South Africa’s National Lottery could be suspended for much longer than the month Trade & Industry Minister Mandisi Mpahlwa announced recently......Subscribers

Gidani Ready to Operate The National Lottery of South Africa
ATHENS, Greece (April 2, 2007) -- According to the statements of the Minister of Trade and Industry of South Africa, the re-examination process of the shareholding structure of the applicants for the award of the new National Lottery License of South Africa..........Subscribers

National Lotteries Board Issues Press Release Concerning Prize Payments
SOUTH AFRICA (March 31, 2007) -- The National Lotteries Board, after noting in the media Uthingo Management’s comments that they will not pay prizes after their licence to operate the National Lottery expires...........Subscribers

Lottery Operator 'Will Pay Out Prizes As Usual'
PRETORIA, South Africa (April 1, 2007) – Uthingo will continue to pay out National Lottery winners despite the fact that its licence to operate expired at midnight on Saturday......Subscribers

National Lottery Suspended
PRETORIA, South Africa (April 1, 2007) – According to local media reports Trade and Industry Minister Mandisi Mpahlwa said there will be no licensed operator authorised to conduct the national lottery for one month........Subscribers

Call For Lottery Licence to be Extended
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (March 27, 2007) – Uthingo Management's contract as the national lottery operator expires within five days, following the Pretoria High Court's reversal of the Trade and Industry Minister’s decision to award the licence to the Gidani consortium.............Subscribers

Lottery Deadline Looms
SOUTH AFRICA (March 27 2007) -- With the lottery deadline only days away, the department of trade and industry and the National Lotteries Board are still not saying how they intend to resolve the Lottery fiasco.........Subscribers

Lotto Operator Sued for Allegedly Failing to Honour Service Agreement
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (March 25, 2007) -- National lottery operator Uthingo is reportedly facing a multimillion-rand lawsuit after allegedly failing to honour a service agreement they entered into with an IT specialist..........Subscribers

Calls to Extend Lottery Licence
SOUTH AFRICA (March 13 2007) -- United Democratic Movement leader Bantu Holomisa has been reported as saying Uthingo's licence to operate the national lottery should be extended by three to six months while the dispute about the new licence is resolved.........Subscribers

Minister May Challenge High Court Ruling to Set Aside Lottery Decision
DURBAN, South Africa (march 12, 2007) – Uthingo management’s board is reported by the local media to be concerned that Trade and Industry Minister Mandisi Mpahlwa plans to challenge a Pretoria High Court ruling to set aside the appointment of the Gidani consortium as the national lottery operator.......Subscribers

Uthingo Wins Review Application
SOUTH AFRICA (March 5, 2007) -- Uthingo Management has been successful in its application to the Pretoria High Court to order the Minister of Trade and Industry to review the process he followed in awarding the new lottery licence.
Review proceedings were instituted by Uthingo because it was dissatisfied with the manner in which the decision was made by the Minister to appoint Gidani as the new licensee.
Says Uthingo’s Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Oupa Monamodi, “We are pleased that the outcome of the court case has vindicated our decision to request for a review of the licensing process.
SOURCE: Uthingo media release.

Court Sets Aside Decision To Award Lottery Licence To Gidani Consortium
PRETORIA, South Africa (March 5, 2007) --The Pretoria High Court on Monday set aside Trade and Industry Minister Mandisi Mphahlwa's decision to award the National Lottery licence to the Gidani consortium........Subscribers

Lottery Battle Turns Ugly
SOUTH AFRICA (February 24, 2007) – The battle over the running of the South African National Lottery turned ugly this week, with incumbent operator Uthingo accusing Trade and Industry Minister of ignoring proper procedures and political bias....................Subscribers

Incumbent Operator Challengers Minister Over Lottery Decision
SOUTH AFRICA (February 22, 2007) -- Incumbent lottery operator Uthingo yesterday accused Trade and Industry Minister Mandisi Mpahlwa of not satisfying himself that the investigation into the probity of new lottery operator Gidani was properly undertaken........Subscribers

Lottery Appeal Suffers Set Back Over Share Holding Allegations
SOUTH AFRICA (February 21, 2007) -- Trade and Industry Minister Mandisi Mpahlwa yesterday reportedly told the Pretoria High Court that Uthingo was ruled out of contention for the new SA National Lottery License because Education Minister Naledi Pandor had shares in a company with a stake in Uthingo........Subscribers

New Lottery Operator Awards Tender to Roll-Out Over 9000 Lotto Terminals
SOUTH AFRICA (February 6, 2007) -- Payment processing specialist Ventury Group has reportedly won the lucrative tender to roll-out more than 9,000 lotto terminals across the country for new national lottery operator Gidani.......Subscribers

Joint Venture Awarded SA Lottery Contract
SOUTH AFRICA (February 5, 2007) – Ngikwazi (Zulu for “I am able”) Field Marketing, a new joint venture between Avocado Vision and Can Do, was recently awarded a lottery contract by Gidani, the new lottery operator as of April 1, 2007............Subscribers

Wrangle Over Lottery Licence Heads For Court
SOUTH AFRICA (January 24, 2007) -- A court solution to the decision by the National Lotteries Board (NLB) to award the national lottery licence to the Gidani consortium now seems likely after losing bidder Uthingo ......Subscribers

New Lottery Operator Gearing-Up for Launch
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (January 22, 2007) – According to local media reports the Gidani consortium will spend R300 million on infrastructure and other services as it gears up to take over from Uthingo, the first SA lotto operator..........Subscribers

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