The long wait seems to finally be over now as the Lotto is back in South Africa. It is reported that ticket sales would start in the next two weeks and the first draw should hopefully be conducted before the end of October.

The lotto had stopped to operate in South Africa since April 1 this year due to the operators licence expiring. The Gidani consortium would now be operating the lottery. The delay in awarding the consortium the licence to operate the lottery was due to the authorities taking a long time to review the legal process in awarding the consortium the licence. Directors and shareholders of the consortium all had to be reviewed to find out if they are all ‘clean’.

The lotto plays an important part in the SA economoy as proceeds from the lotto go towards charities in the country and the taxman also gets a slice of the pie to.

Now that the lotto is back people stand a chance again to start winning some money and maybe have the opportunity to change their lives. It will be interesting to, to see what adverts they will be making for the lotto this time around. We had all gotten to love seeing the “Dear Mr. Sithole” advert, i hope they keep that one running on the air.

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