Gidani a 89.2% Black Majority owned private company,
is an extraordinary world-class South African Lottery operator with a multiple
heritage.
As an empowerment company Gidani’s business ethos is
fortified by its profound commitment to the issues of Broad Based Black
Economic Empowerment.
Formed in 2005, to compete for the licence to operate
the South African National Lottery, Gidani prides itself of being the first
lottery operator to offer 34% of its revenue to good causes, since the South
African government’s introduction of the National Lottery in 1999. One of
the driving forces behind Gidani is the assemblage of impeccable lottery
related business acumen residing in each of our shareholder companies. Of note,
is the fact that the shareholders have over the years demonstrated an
unflinching allegiance to Broad Based Black Economic Empowerment.
One of
the driving forces behind Gidani is the assemblage of impeccable lottery
related business acumen residing in each of our shareholder companies. Of note,
is the fact that the shareholders have over the years demonstrated an
unflinching allegiance to Black Economic Empowerment.
Gidani’s local shareholders constitute:
Gravitas Investment Holdings (Pty) Ltd (10.8%)
Intralot South
Africa (18%)
Kopano Ke Matla Investments (Pty) Ltd (10.8%)
National
Organisation of the Blind in South Africa (NOBSA) (4%)
Nozala Holdings
(Pty) Ltd (10.8%)
Partnership Investments (Pty) Ltd (10.8%)
The South
African Government (representative organisation to be confirmed) (20%)
The
South African National NGO Coalition (SANGOCO) (4%)
Vunani Capital Holdings
(Pty) Ltd (10.8%)
Gidani’s International Technology and Strategic
Partner is Intralot SA, Greece.
 Lotto Reaches 1000th Draw
Milestone
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (July 27, 2010) - South
Africa’s first national lottery game LOTTO has reached the 1000th draw
milestone, national lottery operator Gidani..................Subscribers
Over R51m Lotto Up for
Grabs
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (June 28 2010) -- A
combined prize of over R51.5 million is waiting to be won between Tuesday and
Wednesday on the Lotto draw, the South African Press Association (Sapa)
reported lottery operator Gidani..........Subscribers
National Lottery Launches
Official Online And SMS Playing Channels
MIDRAND, South Africa
(May 27, 2010) - SA National Lottery Operator Gidani has announced that LOTTO,
LOTTO Plus, PowerBall and Sportstake players can now play their favourite games
via its official online and SMS channels.............Subscribers
Powerball Now Available On
FNB Cellphone Banking
CAPETOWN, South Africa (March 24, 2010) -
Powerball players will now enjoy the added convenience of playing South
Africa’s richest game through their cellphones,
National Lottery Operator
Gidani has announced.....................Subscribers
Blank Lottery Paper
Found On Sidewalk
SOUTH AFRICA (February 17 2010) –
South Africa’s National Lottery operator Gidani is investigating how rolls
of unused lottery paper ended up on the pavement of a Leondale, Ekurhuleni,
premises..........................Subscribers
The R91 Million
Powerball Winner Has Come Forward
SOUTH AFRICA (February 16
2010) -- Our Prize Payment Manager Ms Ndileka Nobaxa confirmed a few hours ago
from our Cape Town office that our winner has come forward and has been paid
R91 068 427 jackpot prize. I have also spoken over the telephone with the
winner and accompanying spouse...................Subscribers
Western Cape Player
Holds the Winning R91 Million Powerball Ticket
SOUTH AFRICA
(February 13, 2010) -- One incredibly lucky lottery player has finally won
Friday’s gigantic R91 million PowerBall Jackpot in the lottery game which
gripped the imagination of the nation for weeks and weeks while the six winning
numbers proved elusive.........................Subscribers
Gidani Celebrates 20
Years of the Freedom of President Mandela and South Africa With A R90 Million
Powerbal Draw
Statement by: Prof Bongani Aug
Khumalo, Chairman and Chief Executive
CAPETOWN, South Africa
(February 11, 2010) - SA
Lottery operator Gidani celebrated with a R90 million PowerBall Draw in
honour of the 91 year old first president of the liberated South Africa, Dr
Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela and celebration of 20 years of freedom of our the
nation.......................Subscribers
Lottery Tickets
Available at Checkout Counters of Major Supermarket Chain
PRETORIA, South Africa (November 21 2009) – For the first time,
lottery tickets can be bought at the checkout counters of a major supermarket
chain......................Subscribers
Study Finds Fewer SA
Gamblers
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (November 12, 2009) -
Fewer South Africans are spending their money on gambling, the National
Gambling Board (NGB) said on Thursday.......................Subscribers
Quick Pick Lottery
Tickets Now On Sale At Pick-N-Pay
JOHANNESBURG, South
Africa (November 13, 2009) - For the first time, lottery tickets can be bought
at the checkout counters of a major supermarket chain.
National Lottery
Operator Gidani has teamed up with supermarket chain Pick n Pay to sell LOTTO
and LOTTO Plus Quick Pick tickets at till points in an effort to increase
convenience for players and to enlarge its retail
footprint......................Subscribers
SA Powerball Produces
Its First Super Multimillionaire
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa
(October 26, 2009) - The National Lottery produced two multimillionaires in the
last weekend. The first PowerBall of R30 million was one by a single player
from Limpopo on Friday while a lucky player from KwaZulu Natal caught the Lotto
jackpot of R2,1 million the following night on
Saturday......................Subscribers
Richard Maponya To Set
Powerball Rolling
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (October 22,
2009) - Respected businessman Richard Maponya will set the PowerBall game
rolling as the first draw guest in the first live draw of South Africa’s
newest and richest lottery game. The draw, which takes place on Friday 23
October, comes with a guaranteed Jackpot of R30
million.......................Subscribers
National Lottery
Operator, Gidani, Gives Back To The Berea-Hillbrow Home Of Hope
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (July 29 2009) -- The
successful Gidani 1st Chairman’s Golf Day held on March 27,
2009, raised funds for the Berea-Hillbrow Home of Hope in Berea, Johannesburg
CBD................Subscribers
Where Do Lotto Rollovers
'Disappear' To?
PRETORIA, South Africa (July 25,
2009) - Lotto operator Gidani has informed lotto players - who may be wondering
what happens to the roll-over jackpot when it is not won shortly before a
guaranteed jackpot......................Subscribers
Lotto Machine Rejects
Winning Ticket
DURBAN, South Africa (July 16 2009) -- A
Durban woman has asked Lotto operator Gidani to investigate its scanning
machines after her winning ticket was declared
invalid.....................Subscribers
Testing The Balls is Not
a Lottery
SOWETAN, South Africa (June 25, 2009) - All any
Lotto player wants to see is all six numbers correct on their ticket on the day
of the draw. But for Gidani, the National
Lottery operator, the aim is to ensure that there are no hitches during the
draw...................Subscribers
KZN Tops Lotto
List
SOUTH AFRICA (June 5, 2009) -- KwaZulu-Natal topped
the list of lottery millionaires in the past two months...................Subscribers
Millions In Lotto Prizes
Waiting To Be Claimed
SOUTH AFRICA (May 19 2009) -- Gidani
is calling on all players who bought tickets in Mpumalanga, Western Cape and
Gauteng this year, to check their LOTTO tickets as R24 972 077 in prizes has
yet to be claimed..................Subscribers
National Lottery Gives
Players Chance to be Part of the Wina Manje Studio Audience
MAPONYA, Africa (May 14, 2009) - Maponya Mall will be abuzz this Saturday
16 May when the Gidani team will be on a hunt for people to be part of the
studio audience for the new season of the Wina Manje Scratch Card game
show......................Subscribers
Lotto Back To The
SABC!
SOUTH AFRICA (May 13, 2009) -- “The SABC is
happy that the Lotto is back on our platforms. The public broadcaster is the
perfect vehicle for this exciting initiative, as we will give more ordinary
South Africans a chance to become millionaires as our reach is far and wide. We
are sure that this partnership with Gidani will go a long way in changing the
lives of many South Africans,” said Mvuzo Mbebe, Group Executive SABC
Content Enterprises........................Subscribers
Live
Lotto Draw Returns to SABC
SOUTH AFRICA (March 24, 2009)
– From Wednesday the price of a lotto ticket goes up by a rand and from
April the National Lottery will be beamed from the South African Broadcasting
Company’s (SABC) three television channels, and 13 radio
stations..................Subscribers
Lotto
Price Hike Infuriates Players
DURBAN, South Africa (February
28, 2009) -- For the first time since its inception nine years ago, Lotto
players will have to fork out R1 extra for every line of six numbers on a Lotto
ticket, while a Lotto Plus ticket will cost 50 cents extra. The price change
comes into effect from March 26.................Subscribers
Lottery Operator Announces Lotto Price
Increase
SOUTH AFRICA (February 23 2009) -- For the first
time, since the launch of the National
Lottery nine years ago, the price of a LOTTO and a LOTTO Plus entry will
increase..................Subscribers
National Lottery Operator Gidani to Roll Out New Lotto Games
DURBAN, South Africa (December 15, 2008) -- Gidani, the
national lottery operator would introduce new games and new channels of playing
the Lotto in the first quarter of next year, Bongani Khumalo, the chairperson,
said last week................Subscribers
GIDANI – One Year and Still Going
Strong
SOUTH AFRICA (October 6 2008) --
National Lottery operator Gidani is
celebrating the first anniversary since it went live selling their first
tickets and 12 months of uninterrupted LOTTO, LOTTO Plus and SportStake
draws................Subscribers
R20
Million Jackpot To Celebrate Gidani Beating The Odds
SOUTH
AFRICA (September 26 2008) -- While others receive presents for a birthday,
National Lottery operator Gidani is giving away a R20 million Guaranteed LOTTO
Jackpot for its first birthday in celebration of its many successes in only 12
months of its operation................Subscribers
Soccer Fever Rises With Midweek Sportstake Draw
SOUTH AFRICA (September 8 2008) -- Lottery players will now
have a second chance to shoot Jackpot goals when National Lottery operator Gidani introduces the
midweek SportStake draw with R350 000 as the top prize on Wednesday, 10
September 2008..................Subscribers
Winning Lotto Without Standing In Queues
SOUTH AFRICA (September 2, 2008) – SA National Lottery
Gidani has announced LOTTO’s biggest mail subscription winner since launch
in 2007 walking away with just over.................Subscribers
Even
Losers Can Win With New Lottery Competition
SOUTH AFRICA
(July 2, 2008) -- National Lottery operator
Gidani’s new competition supports the proverb: If at first you don’t
succeed, try again...............Subscribers
Lottery Partner Invests R1 Billion in South Africa
IT
SOUTH AFRICA (May 27, 2008) --
INTRALOT, the technology partner of
lottery company Gidani, has invested close to R1-billion in its South African
operations and established a regional business development hub in Johannesburg
to drive expansion in southern Africa...............Subscribers
Three Players Set to
Share R40 Million SA Lotto Jackpot
SOUTH AFRICA (March 30,
2008) -- SA Lotto operator, Gidani, says three people won last night's massive
R40 million lotto draw and will each receive more than R13
million...............Subscribers
Incredible Guaranteed
Mega Prize Heralds An Exciting New Era
SOUTH AFRICA (March
16 2008) -- A whopping R40-million, the biggest guaranteed jackpot in the
history of the national lottery, will be up for grabs at the end of the
month...............Subscribers
Lotto Hits Massive
Guaranteed Jackpot of R40 Million
SOUTH AFRICA (March 6,
2008) -- Today National Lottery operator, Gidani, announced the biggest ever
guaranteed jackpot in the history of the South African National
Lottery...............Subscribers
Non-Winning Lotto Ticket
Wins Players a Car
SOUTH AFRICA (March 5, 2008) -- Gidani,
the South African National Lottery operator, announced the launch of a new
opportunity to win a car worth R100 000 for those players holding non-winning
Lotto tickets.............Subscribers
Lottery Operator
Congratulated for ‘unmatched achievements’ -- Increases
Returns to Charitable Organizations and Retailers
SOUTH
AFRICA (March 3 2008) -- Current Lotto operator Gidani has increased the money
that goes towards charity compared to the previous operator, Uthingo, as well
as the commission paid to retailers...............Subscribers
Faritec Awarded R45
Million Lotto Contract
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (February
7, 2008) -- Faritec has been awarded a contract valued at R45-million to
provide national lottery operator Gidani with hardware, software and
maintenance..............SubscribersSubscribers
National Lottery
Operator to Roll-Out Additional Selling Terminals
SOUTH
AFRICA (December 18 2007) – South Africa’s National Lottery operator,
Gidani, is planning to roll out a further 4,000 Lotto machines to retailers
throughout the country early in 2008..............Subscribers
CEO Bars Family From
Lotto
PRETORIA, South Africa (December 17, 2007) --
Speaking at a media breakfast in Umhlanga on Friday, Dr Bongani Khumalo, the
chief executive officer (CEO) of Gidani, the National Lottery’s operating
company............Subscribers
'Raise You Game' the
Brand New Lotto Game Show
Lotto Jackpot Rolls Over
to R18 Million
SOUTH AFRICA (October 16, 2007) -- Since there was
no jackpot winner in the first Lottery draw in six months, last Saturday, the
jackpot has rolled over to the next draw with an estimated jackpot
prize................Subscribers
Gidani Sets New Sales
Record for First Lotto Draw
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa
(October 14, 2007) -- The first Lotto draw under new operator Gidani hasn't
made anyone an instant millionaire, despite notching up record ticket
sales............Subscribers
Lotto Sales Underway,
First Draw to Take Place on October 13, Ticket Prices Unchanged
SOUTH AFRICA (September 28 2007) – Gidani, the new operator of the
SA National Lottery recently announced that
all ticket prices will remain unchanged............Subscribers
Excitement Builds as
First Lotto Drawing in Months Draws Near; Uthingo Says it Will Cooperate with
Gidani for a Smooth Transition of Lottery Operations
SOUTH
AFRICA (October 3 2007) -- This Friday, October 5, lottery players can finally
buy tickets for the first Lotto draw under the new management.
...............Subscribers
South African Lottery
Ready to Relaunch Next Friday, But Losing Lottery Bidder Mulls Renewed Court
Action
PRETORIA, South Africa (September 28, 2007) --
National lottery tickets will go on sale from Friday, next week. According to
South African Broadcasting Company, Gidani, the company awarded the licence to
operate the national lottery...........Subscribers
Gidani is Ready to
Lotto
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (September 26, 2007)
– According to a local media report the new operators of SA's National
Lottery, the ‘Gidani’ consortium, said its vendors are already
trained and it is ready to roll-out its new system nationally........Subscribers
Gidani in Talks with NLB
to Determine Lotto Start-Up Date
SOUTH AFRICA (September
25, 2007) -- The new Lotto operator, Gidani Ltd, has reportedly said it is
confident that its new licence cannot be challenged in court
again..........Subscribers
National Lottery
Operator Announced
Gidani Consortium Awarded SA
Lottery Licence
SOUTH AFRICA (September 21, 2007) -- Trade and
industry minister, Mandisi Mphalwa, has re-awarded the National Lottery licence
to the Gidani consortium......Subscribers
South
Africa is Still Without a National Lottery
SOUTH AFRICA
(September 12, 2007) – According to local media reports, predicting when
South Africa’s national lottery will resume is turning into something of a
lottery in itself.....Subscribers
Lottery Bidders Kept in
the Dark
SOUTH AFRICA (July 30 2007) -- Lotto bidder Gidani
is reported by the local media as having said it is unaware that the Lotto
might be up and running within days, despite reports that it is the preferred
lottery operator..........................Subscribers
Gidani Group Favoured To
Win Lotto License
SOUTH AFRICA (June 10, 2007) –
According to local news Gidani is emerging as the probable winner of the
controversial race to manage South Africa’s highly prized national
lottery...........................Subscribers
Mid-June Date For New
Lottery Operator Is Now Uncertain
SOUTH AFRICA (May 5,
2007) -- Gidani, the consortium that lost the SA National Lottery licence
following a court appeal by former operator Uthingo..........................Subscribers
Minister to Issue
Statement on Lotto Licence Ruling
SOUTH AFRICA (March 8,
2007) -- Mandisi Mphahlwa, the minister of trade and industry, is to make a
statement after studying the Pretoria High Court's decision regarding the
processes followed in the awarding of the lottery licence to newcomer Gidani
Consortium.............................Subscribers
INTRALOT
Announces SA Lottery Contract Suspended
ATHENS, Greece
(March 5, 2007) -- INTRALOT announces
that according to information, on 5 March 2007, the competent Court in South
Africa which reviewed the application of Uthingo (the current national lottery license
holder and the second preferred bidder) has found that there were shortcomings
in the information provided to the Minister by the National Lotteries Board in
relation to the individual shareholders in both Uthingo and
Gidani (in which INTRALOT through its subsidiary
INTRALOT South Africa participates in), and therefore, the Minister will have
to reconsider the process in relation to the above.
It should be noted that
the existing license of Uthingo, expires on March 31, 2007 and according to law
cannot be extended, while the starting date for the new license awarded to
Gidani is April 1, 2007. The Company estimates that the Government of South
Africa will take all measures to resolve this situation in order to avoid a
temporary discontinuation of the national lottery game. Moreover, Gidani will
be studying the detail of the Judgment and should the need arise will follow
the appeal process. When more information is available, INTRALOT will
file a further announcement.
SOURCE: INTRALOT
Court Sets Aside
Decision To Award Lottery Licence To Gidani Consortium
PRETORIA, South Africa (March 5, 2007) --The Pretoria High Court on Monday
set aside Trade and Industry Minister Mandisi Mphahlwa's decision to award the
National Lottery licence to the Gidani
consortium...........................Subscribers
New Lottery Operator
Awards Tender to Roll-Out Over 9000 Lotto Terminals
SOUTH
AFRICA (February 6, 2007) -- Payment processing specialist Ventury Group has
reportedly won the lucrative tender to roll-out more than 9,000 lotto terminals
across the country for new national lottery operator Gidani..............Subscribers
Joint Venture Awarded SA
Lottery Contract
SOUTH AFRICA (February 5, 2007) –
Ngikwazi (Zulu for “I am able”) Field Marketing, a new joint venture
between Avocado Vision and Can Do, was recently awarded a lottery contract by
Gidani, the new lottery operator as of April 1, 2007...............Subscribers
Wrangle Over Lottery
Licence Heads For Court
SOUTH AFRICA (January 24, 2007) --
A court solution to the decision by the National Lotteries Board (NLB) to award
the national lottery licence to the Gidani consortium now seems likely after
losing bidder Uthingo
................Subscribers
New Lottery Operator
Gearing-Up for Launch
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (January
22, 2007) – According to local media reports the Gidani consortium will
spend R300 million on infrastructure and other services as it gears up to take
over from Uthingo, the first SA lotto operator..............Subscribers
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