{"id":13833,"date":"2025-12-01T05:56:04","date_gmt":"2025-12-01T08:56:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/?p=13833"},"modified":"2026-04-19T11:17:02","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T14:17:02","slug":"national-lottery-live-draws-go-prime-time-on-ghana-television","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/national-lottery-live-draws-go-prime-time-on-ghana-television","title":{"rendered":"National Lottery live draws go prime time on Ghana Television"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

National Lottery Authority shifts draws to GTV to boost transparency, access and nationwide coverage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Ghana.- Millions of Ghanaians will now be watching the national lottery live in prime time as the National Lottery Authority<\/strong> (NLA) moves its draws from United Television (UTV) to Ghana Television <\/strong>(GTV). The switch brings the draws to the national broadcaster, increasing accessibility and nationwide coverage<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The NLA said: \u201cEffective December 1, 2025, the NLA live Draws<\/strong> will be telecast on Ghana Television (GTV).\u201d Details of the new schedule<\/strong> have also been released. The Authority added: \u201cFrom Monday to Saturday, the evening Draw, currently broadcast at 7.15pm, will be broadcast at 8.00pm, immediately after GTV\u2019s prime time news<\/strong>.\u201d Sunday draws will remain at 6.00pm, while all other draw schedules stay unchanged, according to the NLA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The move is part of the NLA\u2019s broader push to modernise <\/strong>operations and enhance transparency<\/strong>. By moving live draws to the national broadcaster, the Authority is increasing accessibility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Broader lottery oversight<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

This broadcast shift<\/strong> comes alongside further reforms<\/strong> rolled out in 2025, aimed at strengthening transparency and curbing illegal operations<\/strong>. According to the NLA, all agents and \u201clotto writers\u201d under private lotto operators must carry a unique identification sticker <\/strong>with a QR code, enabling regulators to distinguish legitimate operators from illegal ones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition, the NLA has announced the deployment of 5,000 <\/strong>new point-of-sale (POS) terminals<\/strong> in partnership with Fidelity Bank. These modern terminals are designed to replace outdated equipment, improve oversight<\/strong>, boost sales and reduce illicit lottery activity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With these measures, the NLA is signalling a new era of accountability<\/strong>, visibility and nationwide participation<\/strong>, giving Ghanaians greater confidence in the fairness and transparency of their favourite national lottery draws.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\tSee also:<\/span> Ghana\u2019s Lottery Authority announces 5,000 POS terminals to modernise operations and combat illegal operators<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

National Lottery Authority shifts draws to GTV to boost transparency, access and nationwide coverage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2809,"featured_media":13837,"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 Authority (NLA) in Ghana is moving its live draws to Ghana Television (GTV) from December 1, 2025, to enhance transparency and nationwide accessibility. This initiative is part of broader reforms, including the deployment of 5,000 new point-of-sale (POS) terminals with Fidelity Bank and mandatory QR-coded identification stickers for agents, all aimed at modernizing operations and combating illicit lottery activities.","focusai_entities":"National Lottery Authority, NLA, United Television, UTV, Ghana Television, GTV, Fidelity Bank","focusai_location":"Ghana","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.8), product_ux (0.7), tech_data (0.9), marketing_crm (0.8), payments_fraud_aml (0.9), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.8), journalist_researcher (1.0)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Impact on NLA GGR\/NGR?","query":"What is the projected impact on NLA's Gross Gaming Revenue (GGR) and Net Gaming Revenue (NGR) from enhanced transparency and the reduction of illicit lottery operations?"},{"label":"POS\/Agent Integration?","query":"How will the NLA's new agent identification and POS terminal deployment integrate with existing regulatory compliance and responsible gambling frameworks?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[60019,60012],"tags":[74],"class_list":["post-13833","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-regulation-news","category-west-africa","tag-lottery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13833","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=13833"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13833\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13917,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13833\/revisions\/13917"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13837"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13833"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13833"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13833"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}