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.
 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
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
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
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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