KGL paid GH¢173m to NLA in 2025

… nearly four times the combined total of 29 other licensed operators

KGL Technology Limited remitted GH¢173,360,000 to the National Lottery Authority (NLA) in the 2025 financial year, a figure that is 3.86 times the combined payments of the 29 other licensed collaborators and Private Lotto Operators that paid the authority during the same period.

The 29 companies together paid GH¢44,900,161.23, approximately GH¢44.9 million, according to data contained in a statement copied to the Ghana News Agency

KGL’s contribution alone accounts for 79.4 percent of the total GH¢218.3 million paid to the NLA by all licensed private operators in 2025.

Among the 29 other licensed operators, the highest contributor was Luma Facilities Trading Ltd at GH¢4,140,000, followed by Afrilotto Systems Ltd at GH¢3,560,000 and Game Park Ltd and Zeta Technologies Ltd, both at GH¢2,630,000. Seidu Agongo’s Onassis Sports Limited paid GH¢2,040,000.

At the lower end, Zinbax Construction Ltd, Super 4 Intelic Ltd, and Makafui Mogyi Ltd each paid GH¢200,000, the lowest amounts recorded among paying operators.

Three licensed operators, SB Business Ventures, Best Chance Lottery Company, and Diblo Lottery, made no payments to the NLA for the 2025 financial year, the statement said.

The NLA currently has 33 licensed collaborators and Private Lotto Operators, most operating under contracts of between 10 and 15 years. The statement said the data challenges the characterisation of KGL as a monopoly within the authority’s ecosystem.

“From the 33 private companies mentioned together with various Lotto Marketing Companies Associations and unlicensed private lotto operators, it is absurd for anyone to conclude that KGL is enjoying monopoly at NLA,” the statement said.

It also disputed claims that the NLA-KGL contract was costing the state between GH¢1 billion and GH¢3 billion annually, stating that figures published by the Auditor-General and Ghana Audit Service did not support that narrative.

The statement called for structural reform of the lottery industry, including amendments to Act 722 and Legislative Instrument 1948, arguing that the revenue disparity across licensed operators pointed to systemic weaknesses beyond any single company.

“It is really absurd for more than 30 Private Lotto Operators and Collaborators with contracts of 10-15 years to raise only GH¢44.9 million for NLA within the 2025 financial year,” the statement said.

“KGL alone cannot continue to bear the cross of making huge payments to NLA and GRA. The entire lottery industry needs serious REFORMS including amendments to Act 722 and L.I. 1948. Targeting only KGL is unfair,” it continued.

The NLA is mandated under Act 722 to generate revenue for the state through the management and regulation of lottery operations.

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