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.

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

Licence To Operate National Lottery Awarded
SOUTH AFRICA (October 4, 2006) -- The licence to operate the South African National Lottery has been awarded to Gidani Ltd, Trade and Industry Minister Mandisi Mpahlwa announced..........................Subscribers

Calls for Lotto Licence Decision to be Revisited
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (September 30, 2006) -- According to local media reports pressure is being applied to the trade and industry department to reverse its decision and renew the incumbent lottery operator’s (Uthingo) contract..................................Subscribers

High-Profile ANC Figures Win Lotto; Figure Prominently In Company That Will Run The National Lottery
SOUTH AFRICA (September 11, 2006) -- The shareholding structure in the Gidani consortium, which won the bidding to run the SA National Lottery, has been a closely guarded secret, but........Subscribers

Government Announces Preferred Bidder for National Lottery
SOUTH AFRICA (August 1, 2006) -- Trade and Industry Minister Mandisi Mpahlwa has reportedly announced the Consortium to run the National Lottery for the next seven years.............Subscribers

Minister Mandisi Mpahlwa announces the preferred bidder for the National Lottery
SOUTH AFRICA (July 31, 2006) -- The Minister of Trade and Industry, Mr. Mandisi Mpahlwa today announced the preferred bidder to run the National Lottery...........Subscribers