CLAAG and NLA to regulate lotto operators

The Executive Secretary of Concerned Lotto Agents Association of Ghana (CLAAG), Mr Kwaku Duah-Tawiah said, the over two hundred thousand lotto agents in the country could contribute huge sums of revenue to the consolidated fund.

He said the agents could contribute more revenue if they were properly regulated and provided with Point of Sale Terminals to work with.

Mr Duah-Tawiah made the remarks when he led a delegation of members of CLAAG and some lotto agents to call on the Director General of the National Lottery Authority (NLA), Mr Kofi Osei-Ameyaw to deliberate on issues pertaining to the association.

This follows the call made by the NLA to all lotto operators who were not regulated by NLA to come on board or face prosecution.

He said members of CLAAG were not nation wreckers and were willing to work with the NLA particularly on the Authority’s agenda to make its presence visible and accessible in every part of the country.

Mr Osei-Ameyaw reiterated that the NLA was not out to witch-hunt illegal lotto operators but only wanted them to operate within the National Lotto Act, 2006 (ACT 722).

This Act he said mandates the NLA to regulate, supervise and conduct National Lotto, and its related matters.

He said the NLA would resource and provide Point of Sale Terminals for all CLAAG members but, asking them to submit a proposal stating their concerns following which the two parties could further make negotiations.

The Concerned Lotto Agents Association of Ghana recently petitioned the government following an earlier one before the 2016 general election to amend the National Lotto Act, 2006 (ACT 722) to include private sector participation in the lotto industry.

Source: GNA