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| National Lotto Authority (NLA) |
| Address: |
National Lotto Authority
Fortune House,
Mills High Street, Accra-Ghana |
| Postal/Postboks Address: |
P.O. Box 506 Accra, Ghana |
| Internet: |
http://www.nla.com.gh |
| E-mail Address: |
info@nla.com.gh |
| Phone: |
+233 30 267 8010-10 |
| Fax: |
233 21 668809 |
| Population: |
22.4 million (2006 est.) |
Chairman:
CEO: |
Mrs. Janet Opoku Acheampong
Kofi Osei-Ameyaw |
| Year Lottery Founded: |
1958 |
Sales FY 2013:
Sales FY 2014:
Sales FY
2015:
Sales FY 2016: |
GHS 256,192,713
GHS 317,418,935
GHS
367,036,493
GHS 400,269,119 |
| # Full Time Employees: |
403 |
| # Points of Sale: |
8,600 |
| Games Offered: |
Draw based games, VLTs |
| Beneficiaries: |
The objective of the NLA law was to provide care and
protection for the physically and mentally challenged, the needy, the aged,
orphans as well as destitute children in the country. It would also conduct,
for the purpose of raising revenue for the nation and for other purpose stated
in the Act. |
| Jurisdiction: |
Ghana, Western Africa |
The NLA Board was appointed by the President, H.E.
John Agyekum Kufuor in accordance with Section 36 (2) of the National Lotto
Act, (Act722).
Under the new national lotto Act (Act 722) the board is the
only body empowered to conduct the business of lotteries in Ghana.
The Board
is charged with regulating, supervising and managing the national lotto game,
as well as ensuring the enforcement of laws relating to the national lotto in a
manner that would promote a “win-win” situation for all
stakeholders in the industry.
Under the new Act, the board is empowered to
license all lotto-marketing companies for the distribution and sale of coupons,
and for other purposes that it considered appropriate.
The authority is the
only body to issue coupons both manual and electronic for lotto.
The Act
states that no person shall import, sell, distribute or acquire for the purpose
of sale any foreign lotto coupon.
The board is under the Chairmanship of Mrs
Janet Opoku-Akyeapong, and has Mr. Kojo Andah, Director General of the National
Lottery Authority (NLA), Mr. Enoch Hemans Cobinah, Ministry of Finance, Mr.
Mumuni Adbulai Bawumia, Ministry of Interior, Ms. Cynthia Lamtey, Principal
State Attorney, Attorney Generals Department, Hon Doris Seidu, Chripone
Constituency, and Hon Kwadjo Opare Hammond, Member of Parliament as
members.
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