{"id":3547,"date":"2025-06-02T05:04:44","date_gmt":"2025-06-02T08:04:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/?p=3547"},"modified":"2026-04-19T16:37:22","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T19:37:22","slug":"lonab-awards-163-million-fcfa-to-lucky-winners-in-may","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/lonab-awards-163-million-fcfa-to-lucky-winners-in-may","title":{"rendered":"Four lottery players win big in Burkina Faso in May"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Lucky players split more than 163,087,500 CFA francs (\u20ac248,625) in winnings while taking part in the Burkinabe Mutual Urban Bet<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Burkina Faso.- The National Lottery Burkinabe (LONAB)<\/strong> has handed out 163,087,500 CFA francs<\/strong> (\u20ac248,625) in winnings to four lucky players of the Burkinabe Mutual Urban Bet (PMU’B)<\/strong> in May.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The checks were presented in a special ceremony held at LONAB’s headquarters in Ouagadougou<\/strong> on May 27, 2025<\/strong>, by Technical Advisor Aymar Tiendrebeogo<\/strong> on behalf of the LONAB General Manager.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The winners include Zongo Casimir<\/strong>, a hotelier, who took home 57,354,000 FCFA<\/strong> (\u20ac87,435) with a 12,600 FCFA <\/strong>bet (\u20ac19) on the 4+1 system<\/strong> on May 14<\/strong>.\u00a0Leama Tanga Vincent de Paul<\/strong> earned 30,649,500 FCFA<\/strong> (\u20ac46,724) on May 18<\/strong> with a wager of 6,300 FCFA (\u20ac9.60). Ourdraogo Yacouba<\/strong>, a welder, claimed 37,499,500 FCFA<\/strong> (\u20ac57,167) from his May 9<\/strong> bet, while Sidibe Seydou<\/strong> won 37,584,500<\/strong> FCFA (\u20ac57,297) with a bet on the same day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

LONAB officials commended the winners during the event and urged them to make the most of their prizes by improving their well-being and caring for their families.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The latest payouts underscore LONAB’s position as a reliable and lucrative gaming platform in Burkina Faso. According to Technical Advisor Aymar Tiendrebeogo<\/strong>, the winnings demonstrate LONAB’s commitment to transparency, fairness and accountability in its gaming operations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

He invited all citizens to play the game and support the nation’s socio-economic development.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n

\n\t\t\tSee also:<\/span><\/p>\n
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\n\t\t\t\t\tSee also:<\/span> Readen Holding to acquire 80% stake in Nigeria’s Morrich Lottery Limited<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Lucky players split more than 163,087,500 CFA francs (\u20ac248,625) in winnings while taking part in the Burkinabe Mutual Urban Bet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2395,"featured_media":3549,"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 Burkinabe (LONAB) distributed 163,087,500 CFA francs (\u20ac248,625) in winnings to four players of the Burkinabe Mutual Urban Bet (PMU\u2019B) in May. This payout, presented at a ceremony in Ouagadougou, underscores LONAB's operational transparency and its role in contributing to Burkina Faso's socio-economic development through regulated gaming.","focusai_entities":"National Lottery Burkinabe (LONAB), Aymar Tiendrebeogo, Zongo Casimir, Leama Tanga Vincent de Paul, Ourdraogo Yacouba, Sidibe Seydou","focusai_location":"Burkina Faso, Ouagadougou","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.7), regulator (0.9), compliance_legal (0.8), operator_casino (0.7), marketing_crm (0.7), payments_fraud_aml (0.7), investor_analyst (0.7), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"LONAB Financial Impact?","query":"How do these significant payouts, while demonstrating operational integrity, influence LONAB's overall Gross Gaming Revenue (GGR) and Net Gaming Revenue (NGR) performance, and what is the projected impact on its contributions to national socio-economic development?"},{"label":"Payout Compliance Audit?","query":"What specific regulatory compliance and governance frameworks govern the verification and distribution of large lottery winnings by LONAB, and what independent audit mechanisms are employed to ensure transparency and prevent fraud?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[60022,60012],"tags":[74],"class_list":["post-3547","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\/3547","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\/2395"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3547"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3547\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3558,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3547\/revisions\/3558"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3549"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3547"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3547"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3547"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}