The National Lottery Authority (NLA) has denied allegation of media reports of not committed to the payment of big wins of lotteries by individuals lotto stalkers since April 2020.

"We would like to urge the general public, staking players, Lotto Marketing Companies, media and stakeholders to totally and wholly ignore and discredit the news publication under the headline, National Lottery Authority fails to pay big wins since April 2020," the Authority confirmed.

For the purpose of clarity and setting the records straight, the NLA stated that It is never true Authority has failed to pay big winning tickets since April last year. 

According to the management of NLA, all outstanding prizes are being paid. 

It affirmed that investigations, auditing and due diligence are always conducted on all big winning tickets in order to prevent payment of fraudulent tickets due to the increasing activities of Lotto Fraudsters.

The Authority in a statement issued from its communications affairs department and copied to Soireenews.com said it is never true
there is an issue of non-payment of wins at various Banks.

The statement pointed out that the *959# mobile game has COME TO STAY, adding that "In fact, the *959# mobile game forms part of Government’s digitalization programme."

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According to the statement, the *959# would continue to operate the original 5/90 Lotto via MTN, Vodafone and AirtelTigo especially during this difficult period of Coronavirus pandemic.

The *959# has been doing very well, serving as an additional revenue stream for NLA and Government. The implementation of *959# has become very critical for the sustainability of the revenue generation of NLA.

It stressed that there is no shortage of paper roll currently, noting that the management has taken steps to address all the issues in relation to paper roll shortage.

"The management of National Lottery Authority, therefore, would like to state that the issues raised by one Mr Jacob Odame and his Lotto Marketers Association in the Northern Region are UNTRUE and we urge everyone to completely disregard that publication," it concluded.

Freeman Koryekpor Awlesu Greater Accra Regional Chief Correspondent