Report by Ben LARYEA
The final draw of the Luckiest Africa organized by
Genius loci Limited under the auspices of the
National Lottery Authority ( NLA) on the Caritas
platform with ticket number "12870" have emerged
as the ultimate winner of a whopping Gh₵ 1 million
cash prize.
Speaking at the grand ceremony in Accra, the
Managing Director of Genuisloci Limited, Mr.
Dennis Adutwum said the draw was held on 30th
November as a result of the general elections
scheduled for 7th December, 2024 hence the
change in date.
He explained that the lottery operates from July to
December, and climaxed at 1, 200 hours on the last
Saturday to Christmas for cherish winners to go
home with handsome rewards.
According to him, the lottery space have made
tremendous progress pointing out that the company
received over 300, 000 entries as compared to 100,
000 as of last year with entries in three categories
namely community wins, bonus tickets wins and the
luckiest win.
"The community category he said, includes filling
stations, trotro, prisons and the Jewelers
communities while the Bonus tickets comes along
with three random tickets winning 100 times their
amount staked, " he outlined.
Mr. Adutwum further hinted that the community
category received 100 communities and comprises
of artisans, fisherfolks, police, CEOs, Kayayei,
golfers, journalists among others took part in the
draw buying tickets from one Ghana cedis to Gh₵
5, 000.
For his part, the Head of Marketing and Caritas
Manager of NLA, Mr Bernard Buamah expressed
his gratitude to stakeholders saying the gesture
forms part of the Corporate Social Responsibility
(CRS) in supporting communities particularly
healthy care and education.
He again expressed his appreciation to the
management of the NLA in relations to the Caritas
platform for the effective collaboration for the
successful operation of the lottery in offering
customers a chance in winning fantastic prizes.
