Mr Sammi Awuku, NLA Director-General

The National Lottery Authority (NLA) has completed the Pre-Qualification phase for licensing of all operators of private lotto (OPL) for the 2021/2022 licensing year in order to stop illegal operators in the system.

All OPLs who submitted completed Pre-Qualification Forms to NLA are hereby requested to contact the Operations Office at the NLA Head Office, Fortune House First floor, Accra for Licensing Application Forms and Payment Terms.

A release issued by the Management of NLA said the deadline for submission of duly completed Licensing Application Forms and for making payments is October 29, 2021. 

Licensing of the OPLs for the 2021/2022 year, the release said, will commence on November 1, 2021.

The Authority encouraged OPLs to take steps to regularize their operations and warned that effective 1st November 2021, NLA, in collaboration with the security services, will clamp down on all unlicensed lottery operators to sanitize the lotto industry.