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The South African National Lottery was established in 2000 and is the most popular form of gambling in South Africa by value and number of players. In the 2007 fiscal year transaction values totalled R3.972 billion, with an average of five million transactions per week.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=National Lotteries Board Annual Report, 2007 )〕 ==Chronology== After a marketing effort that aimed to reach 80 percent of South African homes directly〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=National Lottery geared up to start on Thursday )〕 more than 800,000 tickets were sold in the first day of availability〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=R2m lottery tickets sold )〕 Nearly R70 million worth of tickets were sold in the first three weeks of operation.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=R32m won in lottery – so far )〕 In October 2002 operator Uthingo suggested a daily lottery to supplement the weekly draw. The concept, called Keno, was rejected by the trade and industry ministry in March 2003.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=No tata ma chance everyday, rules Erwin )〕 In November 2003 the Lotto Plus game was launched, acting as a supplementary weekly lottery available on the purchase of a primary lottery ticket, with an entry fee of R1.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Big plus for Lotto punters – at just R1 a pop )〕 In July 2006 the Gidani consortium, featuring Greek company Intralot as a technical partner, was judged the preferred bidder to operate the lottery for seven years starting April 2007. The operating licence was awarded in October 2006.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Operator for national lottery awarded )〕 In March 2007 the Pretoria High Court set aside that award on application by incumbent Uthingo, finding that the failure to adequately investigate the shareholders in some bidding consortia left room for conflicts of interest.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Lottery shareholders under scrutiny )〕 Following the final draw by incumbent Uthingo, the lottery was indefinitely suspended in April 2007.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Lotto debacle leaves public high and dry )〕 In September the operating licence was awarded to Gidani again.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Gidani gets green light for lottery )〕 When ticket sales re-opened in October more than 200,000 tickets were sold within the first three hours.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Lotta mania hits SA )〕 In 2015, Lotto licences were awarded to Ithuba. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「South African National Lottery」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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