{"id":12891,"date":"2025-11-17T04:25:39","date_gmt":"2025-11-17T07:25:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/?p=12891"},"modified":"2026-04-19T11:47:45","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T14:47:45","slug":"cote-divoires-lonaci-gears-up-for-tce-2025-super-draw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/cote-divoires-lonaci-gears-up-for-tce-2025-super-draw","title":{"rendered":"C\u00f4te d\u2019Ivoire\u2019s LONACI gears up for TCE 2025 Super Draw"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>LONACI prepares players for the TCE Super Draw while channeling FCFA125m into social and entrepreneurial development across the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>C\u00f4te d\u2019Ivoire.- The <strong>National Lottery of C\u00f4te d\u2019Ivoire<\/strong> (LONACI) is gearing up for its highly anticipated <strong>Super Grand Draw<\/strong>, scheduled for November 28 in the Togolese Republic. The event is part of the <strong>Tranche Commune Entente <\/strong>(TCE) 2025, a <strong>cross-border lottery<\/strong> involving national lotteries from C\u00f4te d\u2019Ivoire, Togolese Republic, Benin, Niger and Burkina Faso.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In October, LONACI ran national <strong>promotional<\/strong> draws in C\u00f4te d\u2019Ivoire to select eligible <strong>participants<\/strong> for the regional event, requiring players to validate their tickets and submit a valid phone number.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Check Diarra<\/strong>, Director of Marketing and Customer Experience at LONACI, highlighted the jackpot\u2019s growth and social impact. \u201cSince last year, the TCE<strong> jackpot<\/strong> has gone from FCFA10m to FCFA20m, and the social-project contribution has also been increased,\u201d he said according Abidjan.net.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Ma\u00efmouna Traor\u00e9<\/strong>, Product Manager for Loto Bonheur, LONACI\u2019s flagship lottery game, said top qualifiers will be rewarded at the Super Draw, where prizes range from FCFA2m (\u20ac3,000) to FCFA20m (\u20ac30,000). \u201cThe first four of each draw will benefit from a <strong>fully paid<\/strong> airplane trip by LONACI to Lom\u00e9 in Togo to take part in the Super Draw and try to win a prize ranging from FCFA2m to FCFA20m.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Empowering communities, creating opportunities<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to its prizes, TCE 2025 will allocate a total of FCFA125m (\u20ac187,500) to <strong>social <\/strong>and development projects. Each of the five national lotteries will contribute FCFA25m (\u20ac37,500) to fund a <strong>medical <\/strong>and social centre at the University of Kara in Togo. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Part of the funds will also support <strong>entrepreneurship initiatives<\/strong>, including ten youth-led projects receiving FCFA2m (\u20ac3,000) each and twenty<strong> women-led income-generating<\/strong> projects receiving FCFA1m (\u20ac1,500) each.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Togolese National Lottery&#8217;s (LONATO) Kokouvi Am\u00e9dom\u00e9, TCE 2025 is structured around three pillars: <strong>rewarding bettors<\/strong>, building the medical and social infrastructure at Kara University and promoting youth and women entrepreneurship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The TCE combines<strong> entertainment<\/strong>, prize distribution and social action, making it not only a lottery but also a flagship moment for <strong>regional cooperation<\/strong> and social investment in West Africa.<\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"see-also-container\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"see-also-label\">See also:<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"related-article\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"related-article__thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/11\/south-korea-to-allow-online-betting-in-horse-racing-900x600-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"related-article__text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"see-also-label-strong\">See also:<\/span> <a href='https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/lucky-player-wins-35m-fcfa-with-lonaci-pmu-horse-race-bet'>Lucky player wins 35m FCFA with LONACI PMU horse race bet<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LONACI prepares players for the TCE Super Draw while channeling FCFA125m into social and entrepreneurial development across the region.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2809,"featured_media":9679,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"The National Lottery of C\u00f4te d\u2019Ivoire (LONACI) is preparing for the Tranche Commune Entente (TCE) Super Draw, a cross-border lottery involving five West African nations. This initiative not only features an increased jackpot but also allocates FCFA125m towards social and entrepreneurial development, including a medical centre and youth\/women-led projects, demonstrating a robust commitment to regional socio-economic impact.","focusai_entities":"LONACI, Togolese National Lottery, LONATO, Check Diarra, Ma\u00efmouna Traor\u00e9, Kokouvi Am\u00e9dom\u00e9","focusai_location":"C\u00f4te d\u2019Ivoire, Togolese Republic, Benin, Niger, Burkina Faso, Lom\u00e9, Kara","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.9), compliance_legal (0.8), operator_casino (0.7), marketing_crm (0.85), investor_analyst (0.8), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.95)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"TCE Governance Frameworks?","query":"What specific governance frameworks are in place to ensure transparent and equitable allocation of the FCFA125m social contribution across the multiple participating jurisdictions of the TCE 2025?"},{"label":"Cross-Border Regulatory Impact?","query":"How does the multi-jurisdictional regulatory compliance for the TCE 2025 impact the operational scalability and potential for future expansion of similar cross-border lottery initiatives within the ECOWAS region?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[60022,60012],"tags":[74],"class_list":["post-12891","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-finance-news","category-west-africa","tag-lottery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12891","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2809"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12891"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12891\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12931,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12891\/revisions\/12931"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9679"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12891"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12891"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12891"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}