World Lottery Authority endorses Ghana’s Good Causes, war against illegal lottery

The World Lottery Authority (WLA) has revealed that it will be focusing more on responsible gaming and good causes in the coming years and has asked member countries to promote these values. It has also tasked lottery bodies in the world to take a firm stance on illegal lottery activities which according to the Association caused a loss of revenue of a total of 1.8 trillion dollars in 2022 alone. At this year’s World Lottery Summit held at Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, the association charged member countries to do more on responsible gaming and good causes. Ghana’s National Lottery Authority (NLA) itself has been battling with illegal lottery activities for some time now and is determined to increase its clamp down with new measures put in place by the current Director-General. The NLA has a little over a year launched its charity arm the ‘Good Causes Foundation’, has the objective to develop, implement and maintain an integrated action plan based on four main pillars – education, health, youth and sports development, and culture Ghana is being represented at WLA Summit by the NLA Boss, Mr Sammi Awuku and Dr George Gyamfi-Osew the immediate past Director of Operations of the Authority. The World Lottery Authority (WLA) holds its meetings every two years but could not hold the 2020 event after the Buenos Aires, Argentina