NLA kicks against banker to banker
The National Lottery Authority (NLA) has warned the public to be wary of illegal lottery operators popularly known as banker to banker who deceive them into believing that the NLA’s games are the same as theirs.
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It explained that such posturing by the banker to banker operators were false and should, therefore, be ignored.
According to the NLA, playing NLA games guaranteed player security as players were assured of prompt payments, no matter how big the win is, unlike banker to banker operators who always absconded whenever there were big wins or at best are likely to opt to pay paltry sums in the face of such big wins.
The Corporate Communications Manager of the NLA, Ms Kesewaah Dolphyne, said illegal lotto operators have employed various techniques to entice unsuspecting players with electronic mobile phones and power banks.
“They offer this to vulnerable players as a token and then negotiate with them in a bid to delay payment. Once accepted, the gift is used as a gag, preventing the winner from making complaints when the payment is not forthcoming and eventually, they fail to pay the winners”, she said in an interview.
“Interestingly, on days of heavy stakes, banker to banker operators insure themselves by playing the NLA Games; this is due to the well-known and accepted fact that the NLA pays promptly and always pays winners no matter the size of the win amount”, she said.
This act by banker to banker operators, according to NLA, actually defeats the falsehood they peddle that NLA is able to manipulate wins by taking out numbers that are heavily played on any particular day.
Ultimately, one thing that distinguishes the NLA tickets from that of the banker to banker operator is the NLA electronic ticket printout which has Ghana’s Coat Of Arms and its logo embossed on it with the inscription, National Lottery Authority all over it, while banker to banker uses manual paper.
The NLA is urging the public to identify their retailers in their NLA branded kiosks, containers, umbrellas or highlighters or an NLA logo from their point of sale by their licensed retailers or lotto marketing companies from the NLA branded point of sale terminals.
The NLA says its draws are also credible and transparent and are always held in the presence of the general public with both external and internal auditors present to ensure integrity of the draws.
Ms Dolphyne said stringent measures were in place to ensure an impenetrable process.
Recently, a player from Asankragua won an amount GH¢ 342,000 for playing the NLA game and was paid promptly without any qualms.
In the same way, all genuine winners of the NLA games have received prompt and full payment, attesting to the NLA’s credibility in the payment of wins.