The people of Dzindziso in the Kadjebi district had a windfall when the registration number of a bird suspected to have migrated from Germany turned out to be two of the numbers on the National Lottery Authority (NLA) draw last Saturday. Almost everyone in the community was said to have won the lottery on that … Read more
Ghanaian referee is Joseph Lamptey is facing serious allegations within FIFA quarters as claims are rife that he was influenced by betting syndicates to force the outcome of South Africa’s win over Senegal. The 42-year-old referee‚ whose father was also a FIFA match official and later a president of the Ghana Football Association‚ had been … Read more
The National Lottery Authority (NLA) has indicated that it will soon clamp down on the activities of illegal lotto operators, popularly called banker-to-banker, to help generate revenue for national development. Director-General of NLA, Kofi Osei-Ameyaw, disclosed this in a discourse with members of the Association of Lotto Marketing Companies (ALMC), who paid a courtesy call … Read more
The Director General of National Lottery Authority (NLA), Mr. Kofi Osei-Ameyaw says NLA will soon clamp down heavily on illegal lottery operators, popularly referred to as Banker to Banker, to help generate revenue for national development. Mr. Osei-Ameyaw was interacting with members of the Association of Lotto Marketing Companies (ALMC) who called on him to … Read more
A reverend minister-cum-Member of Parliament for Assin South , Ntim Fordjour, is leading a crusade against people who have taken advantage of the loopholes in the system to establish unlicensed gambling in the country. He observed that the Gaming Act of 2005 [Act 721] needs some strengthening in a form of amendment to check the … Read more
Assin South MP Reverend John Ntim Fordjour has called for stringent laws to streamline the activities of betting companies in the country. His call comes on the heels of an upsurge in activities of the gambling centres dotted across the country. Rev Fordjour, speaking to Class News’ parliamentary correspondent Ekow Annan after reading a statement … Read more
Kwame Fosuhene, a 23-year-old resident of Kumasi, got his winnings of GHS 990, 650 from Betway Ghana at a ceremony at its concept store in Accra on Friday. Fosuhene became the biggest winner of Betway’s innovative betting games ever since it started operating in Ghana in 2016 after he correctly predicted winners of 15 selected … Read more
Kwame Fosuhene, a 23-year-old resident of Kumasi, got his winnings of GHS 990, 650 from Betway Ghana at a ceremony at its concept store in Accra on Friday. Fosuhene became the biggest winner of Betway’s innovative betting games ever since it started operating in Ghana in 2016 after he correctly predicted winners of 15 selected … Read more
A Ghanaian better has won 990,650 cedis (over $213,000) jackpot after placing a bet on 15 matches across Europe’s top flight football leagues. Kwame Fosuhene placed a 4 cedis ($0.85) bet on the games with the Betway Ghana agency. His win is historic as it is the biggest sporting jackpot in the country’s history. When … Read more
The National Lottery Authority (NLA), is optimistic of becoming the most preferred Lottery Operating Institution in Africa by 2018. The Director General of the Authority, Brigadier General Martin K. G Ahiaglo (RTD) who made this revelation said, to achieve this vision, the authority has put in place measures – including employing modern technology that would … Read more
New figures showing that 53 footballers have been reported over potential breaches of betting rules are the “tip of the iceberg”, says a sport integrity expert. Former FIFA and Interpol adviser Chris Eaton says only “naive or careless players” will be caught. The BBC obtained the figures from the Gambling Commission’s Sports Betting Intelligence Unit. … Read more
More and more African sports lovers are turning to sports betting as the multi-billion dollar industry continues to grow. Officials in Ghana have expressed concerns over how youth are getting addicted. Sports betting and other forms of gambling are becoming a phenomenon across Africa. Betting over which sports team might win has become a multi-million … Read more
Two men who ran a betting website connected to the Fifa video game have pleaded guilty to offences under the UK’s Gambling Act. Craig Douglas, a prominent gamer known as Nepenthez, and his business partner Dylan Rigby ran a website that let video gamers gamble virtual currency. Douglas promoted the website to fans of his … Read more
Money is very important in any relationship. It is the oil that lubricates your love life. But it shouldn’t be the ultimate. Regardless of this, some people are all about the money even if you drive the best SUVs, reside in choice areas in Lagos and hang out at one of the best of hotels … Read more
THE Northern Regional Association of Lotto Marketing Companies (LMC) has suggested to the government to formalise operations of illegal lotto operators in the country popularly called “Banker to Banker” and impose taxes on them as a means of generating revenue for the country. According to the association, Banker to Banker operators must be made to … Read more
Money is very important in any relationship. It is the oil that lubricates your love life. But it shouldn’t be the ultimate. Regardless of this, some people are all about the money even if you drive the best SUVs, reside in choice areas in Lagos and hang out at one of the best of hotels … Read more
Celebrations in Madrid after the top prize of the El Gordo lottery went to one neighbourhood Spain’s annual Christmas lottery has paid out €56m ($58m; £47m) to residents of a struggling southern town where almost a third of the population are out of work. Much of the winnings in Pinos Puente, in Granada, came from … Read more
It was a selfie she thought was worth nearly $43 million. Katrina Bookman hit the jackpot on a slot machine in late August at Resorts World Casino in Jamaica, Queens. She even took an excited self-portrait with the machine displaying her winnings: $42,949,672. It would have been the largest slot machine jackpot in US history. … Read more
A major betting website is so certain Hillary Clinton will beat Donald Trump that it has made a huge gamble — already paying out $1.1 million to those who bet on Clinton. The United States’ election day is still three weeks away. But Irish betting site PaddyPower says Trump’s campaign is dead already. “The recent … Read more
Shares in Asian casino firms fell on Monday amid fears of a Chinese crackdown on foreign operators. Crown Resorts, controlled by James Packer, closed 13.9% lower after Crown confirmed 18 of its staff had been detained in China. Among those arrested was a senior executive in charge of attracting high-rollers to Australia. Most gambling is … Read more