Project: Gaming the Lottery

An unprecedented international investigation into the global lottery industry. It involves close to 40 people from 10 countries working in journalism and civic tech organizations in Africa, Europe and the United States.

Gaming the Lottery

Mystery grows over province’s R23.7m Lotto ‘boxing arena’

Post author By Bongani Fuzile and Mesuli Zifo
Media Outlet Daily Dispatch
Post date October 26, 2019

Boxing arena? Where? This was the response of Boxing SA (BSA) in the province to the news that the National Lotteries Commission (NLC) more than a year ago paid R23.7m to build a state-of-the-art boxing facility in the Eastern Cape.

Gaming the Lottery

New game, new luck, all for a good cause?

Post author By Daniel Stern, Jeff Kelly Lowenstein
Media Outlet Die Wochenzeitung
Post date November 23, 2017

The controversial gaming group IGT is not far where state lotteries want to expand their business. He not only sponsors the world association of lottery companies with large sums of money, but also makes decisions directly on the top management committee. This is not a problem for the Swiss World Federation President Jean-Luc Moner-Banet.

Gaming the Lottery

Some people repeatedly win the Wisconsin Lottery. Do they play fair?

Post author By Peter Coutu
Media Outlet Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Post date March 19, 2018

Wisconsin has no laws preventing retail lottery sellers or their employees or owners from buying and cashing in lottery tickets at their own stores — a gap in regulation that could open the state’s lottery system to fraud.

Gaming the Lottery

Government investigates lottery

Post author By Raymond Jones
Media Outlet GroundUp
Post date June 22, 2020

Minister Ebrahim Patel confirms probe in letter to Parliament

Gaming the Lottery

Hijacked organisation gets millions in Lottery grants

Post author By Raymond Joseph
Media Outlet GroundUp
Post date June 22, 2020

Police demand proof before accepting criminal complaint

Gaming the Lottery

United Civil Society in Action sues GroundUp and the National Lotteries Commission

Post author By Elna Schütz
Media Outlet https://www.groundup.org.za/article/united-civil-society-action-sues-groundup-and-national-lotteries-commission/
Post date June 17, 2020