The Board and Management of the National Lottery Authority (NLA) have released the application forms for the 2023 licensing year.

This is in adherence to the legal framework of the National Lotto Act, 2006, (Act 722).

Private Lotto Operators (PLOs) entities and individuals who wish to operate or sell Lottery products are encouraged to access these forms.

On the way forward, the NLA, in a release indicated that interested persons are to contact the Operations Manager, VAG, and Private Lotto Operations on the first floor of Fortune House, Head Office, Accra, for application forms and terms of payment from Tuesday, November 15, 2022.

They are required to pay a non-refundable application fee of GHC200.00.

”All PLOs already licensed in 2022, to operate nationwide, will in 2023, pay a License Fee of GHC 1,500,000.00. The License fee for new PLOs registering in the 2023 Licensing Year to operate nationwide is GHc2,000,000.00,” the NLA release added.

Deadline for the submission of application forms is Wednesday, 30th November 2022.

According to the NLA, which is headed by Sammi Awuku, as the Chief Executive Officer, the licenses out for acquisition are valid from January 1, 2023, to December 31, 2023.

Meanwhile, the Authority has deployed its task force in conjunction with the security services nationwide, to ensure full compliance with the payment of a 20% lottery commission.

The rate of the lottery commission was determined by the Board of the National Lottery Authority and agreed upon by the PLOs, pursuant to Section 28 of the National Lottery Act, 2006 (Act 722).

Source: The Independent Ghana