Samuel Awuku and Bice Osei-Kuffour exchanging the signed agreement
The National Lottery Authority (NLA) has introduced an afternoon draw dubbed ‘Noon Rush’ at the Head Office of Ghana Post, Accra.
Citing Section 23 of the National Lotto Act and LI 1948, which mandates NLA “to conduct Draws at a given date, place and time,” and Section 2, (4) of the National Lotto Act, which mandates the Authority to hold draws in collaboration with third parties, Director-General of NLA, Samuel Awuku also announced a partnership agreement with Ghana Post to bring its games closer to the public.
Mr. Awuku and the Managing Director of Ghana Post, Mr. Bice Osei-Kuffour, signed the Partnership Agreement to play NLA’s Games at Ghana Post.
Consequently, NLA’s Games are now available on point-of-sale (POS) terminals in over 50 Post Offices across the country.
The new addition, ‘Noon Rush Draw’, which would be held at 1:00pm from Monday to Saturday, giving patrons of NLA Games multiple chances to win in a day, can be played on NLA’s point-of-sale terminals and their online channel,*959#.
This brings the Authority’s daily draws to three: the VAG Lotto Draw at 10:00am, Noon Rush at 1:00pm and the popular Evening Draws at 7:15pm.
According to Mr. Awuku, NLA recently attained Level 2 Certification in Responsible Gaming from the World Lottery Association (WLA), and is working on achieving Level 3 by the end of the year.
Holding multiple draws daily is, therefore, in conformity with the Authority’s obligations as a WLA member.
He said while digitalisation allows a cross-section of players to play from the comfort of their homes on smart devices on NLA’s online platform, this collaboration with Ghana Post forms part of NLA’s quest to reach out to its conservative players who are sentimentally attached to playing from NLA’s point-of-sale terminals.
Mr. Osei-Kuffuor, on his part, said the Partnership Agreement is a testament to the reinvigorated Ghana Post, and called on service providers to do business with the company.
“This, like many other partnerships entered into, is a manifestation of the new energies Ghana Post is emitting to, attracting giants like the National Lottery Authority to do business with us,” Mr. Osei-Kuffour said.