Dennis Adutwum, CEO, Geniusloci
The National Lottery Authority (NLA), in collaboration with Geniusloci Int. have launched a new digital gaming product dubbed the ‘luckiest’ aimed at redistributing wealth to Ghanaians irrespective of their social strata.
CEO of Geniusloci, Dennis Adutwum, who designed the ‘luckiest’ game with his team demonstrated how the game is played with various reward systems that would be available for people who participate in the game at the end of the last quarter of every year.
According to him, the social strata which include a hundred communities in the upper class that comprises, CEO’s, people occupying executive positions in society, middle class such as lawyers, pharmacists, corporate Ghana, journalists , doctors while the average members of society such as artisanal workers, hairdressers, chop bar operators, welders among others would be allocated a thousand tickets each.
He said four communities would be rewarded out of the 100 communities with a multiplier benefit of playing as low as GH¢1.00 and as high as GH¢ 5,000.00 on December 23, every year while the ‘Luckiest’ win would also be announced same day.
He mentioned that the company with the support of the NLA will not only distribute wealth to the down trodden in society, but would also embark on extensive social responsibility drive in all communities across the country while urging interested individuals to play responsibly.
Director General of the NLA, Sammi Awuku who launched the ‘Luckiest’ game said the newly introduced game was in line with Act 722, which mandates the National lottery Authority to embark on third party collaboration to raise revenue for the state while supporting the less privileged in society.
According to him, though the NLA would continue to support such collaborations, it will also urge organizations that operate such games to adhere strictly to the laws governing lottery in the country.
He also assured the public that his outfit will ensure that people were not shortchanged for playing the game but given the right amount of money due them.
“They have signed a bond with the NLA and have declared whatever they have put on as the price amount and so far I have no doubt in my mind that this is a genuine game and that they are going to perform. In the worst case scenario, perish the thought, if they are not able to go by the dictate of what they are going to do, it is important for the NLA to look for the public who may have been affected”.
He, therefore, advised parties interested in such collaboration to use the NLA’s Caritas platform for transparency and fairness to enable people get value for money.
By Ebenezer K. Amponsah