{"id":30112,"date":"2026-07-31T02:35:22","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T05:35:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/?p=30112"},"modified":"2026-08-03T01:52:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T04:52:12","slug":"togos-national-lottery-announces-a-new-sunday-game-loto-detente","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/togos-national-lottery-announces-a-new-sunday-game-loto-detente","title":{"rendered":"Togo’s National Lottery announces a new Sunday game Loto D\u00e9tente"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

LONATO will introduce its first dedicated Sunday draw with the launch of Loto D\u00e9tente, increasing its total number of weekly lottery draws to 14.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Togolese Republic.- The Togolese Republic’s National Lottery (LONATO) has unveiled Loto D\u00e9tente, a new Sunday lottery game <\/strong>that will introduce the operator’s first dedicated Sunday draw and increase its total number of weekly lottery draws to 14.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The new game was announced during a press conference in Lom\u00e9 on July 30, according to Togo First. Loto D\u00e9tente<\/strong>, which translates as “Relaxation Lotto,” follows the same format as LONATO’s existing lottery draws, with its inaugural draw set for the first week of August and each draw producing 10 winning numbers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Justin Am\u00e9dom\u00e9, LONATO’s director of marketing and innovation, said: \u201cLoto D\u00e9tente is held on Sundays. The game also includes the Double Chance option<\/strong>, which gives our players more opportunities to win.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The new dedicated Sunday draw marks LONATO’s latest product expansion after the operator introduced Loto Matinal, a third daily lottery draw, in 2024 as part of efforts to broaden its games portfolio and increase player participation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The launch comes as Togo continues operating under the 2026 Finance Law, which introduced new tax and compliance measures for the gambling sector. Since January 1 2026, lottery winnings of CFA500,000 (US$870) or more have been subject to a 5 per cent withholding tax<\/a> collected automatically by the Togolese Revenue Office (OTR). Qualifying pay-outs must also be recorded through certified electronic invoicing<\/a> as part of the country’s broader tax compliance reforms.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\tSee also:<\/span> Benin lottery steps up digital expansion with Loto 5\/90 roadshow<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

LONATO will introduce its first dedicated Sunday draw with the launch of Loto D\u00e9tente, increasing its total number of weekly lottery draws to 14.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2809,"featured_media":191,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"LONATO, the Togolese Republic's National Lottery, is expanding its product portfolio with the launch of \"Loto D\u00e9tente,\" a new Sunday draw, increasing weekly lottery draws to 14. This expansion aims to boost player participation and coincides with the 2026 Finance Law, which imposes a 5% withholding tax on lottery winnings exceeding CFA500,000 and mandates certified electronic invoicing for payouts.","focusai_entities":"LONATO, Justin Am\u00e9dom\u00e9, Togolese Revenue Office (OTR)","focusai_location":"Togolese Republic, Lom\u00e9","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (1.0), operator_casino (0.8), product_ux (0.7), tech_data (0.7), marketing_crm (0.8), payments_fraud_aml (0.9), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Projected GGR Uplift?","query":"What is the projected GGR uplift for LONATO resulting from the expanded draw schedule and new product features like Loto D\u00e9tente and Double Chance?"},{"label":"Tax Compliance Impact?","query":"How will the certified electronic invoicing mandate for payouts impact operational overhead, data governance, and system integration for LONATO and other licensed operators in Togo?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[60021,60012],"tags":[74],"class_list":["post-30112","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-igaming-news","category-west-africa","tag-lottery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30112","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=30112"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30112\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30268,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30112\/revisions\/30268"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/191"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30112"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30112"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30112"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}