A non-public citizen has formally petitioned the Ghana Income Authority (GRA) and the Nationwide Lotteries Authority (NLA) for intensive monetary and operational data concerning lottery and gaming firms working in Ghana, invoking the provisions of the Proper to Data (RTI) Act 2019 (Act No. 989).
In two letters dated Could 10, 2026 and signed by the paper’s editor-in-chief, Isa Foster, the paper requested for detailed info protecting taxes, license charges, revenues, fines, lottery operations and monetary efficiency over a number of years from 2020 to 2025.
In her request to the GRA, Isa Foster requested the Commissioner to reveal taxes collected between 2020 and 2025 from 36 firms working inside the lottery and gaming ecosystem.
The businesses embody KGL Know-how Restricted, Onassis Sports activities Restricted, Alpha Lotto Restricted, Recreation Park Ltd, Afrilotto System Ltd, SIMNET Ghana Restricted, and TekStart Africa Restricted.
The petitioners mentioned the data was sought underneath Part 18 of the RTI Act, which provides residents and establishments the appropriate to request entry to info held by public authorities.
In a separate, broader software to the NLA, Isa Foster requested particulars of license charges and revenue acquired from 33 Lottery firms between 2020 and 2025.
Aside from license info, he additionally requested monetary data relating to a few know-how service suppliers: Tons-Providers Ghana Restricted, SIMNET Ghana Restricted and TekStart Africa Restricted. They need to know the overall quantity NLA paid them between 2018 and 2025.
The publication additional requested the quantity of income earned by way of the three USSD lottery platforms. *890#, reportedly operated by TekStart Africa Restricted. *896#, linked to Alpha Lotto Restricted. and *859#, related to Onassis Sports activities Restricted.
He additionally requested the NLA to make clear whether or not the three firms are formally licensed to function their respective cell lottery platforms.
He requested for particulars of penalties for allegedly working illegally if a license just isn’t obtained.
The RTI request extends to NLA’s previous monetary data, together with complete present liabilities from 2012 to 2020, annual 5/90 lottery income for a similar interval, complete prize cash, and annual lottery prize-to-earnings ratio, generally known as profitable proportion.
Moreover, petitioners search info concerning the overall quantity of lottery charges paid to advertising firms that promote lottery merchandise by way of kiosks and point-of-sale terminals on behalf of the Authority.
One of many extra essential elements of this request considerations the income generated from the dwell lottery attracts carried out by Alpha Lottery Restricted on Ghana Tv (GTV).
He referred to as on the NLA to reveal the revenue it receives from these broadcasts, citing the provisions of the Nationwide Lotteries Act 2006 (Act 722) and the Lotteries Rules 2008 (LI 1948) which oblige the NLA to conduct and supervise lottery attracts in Ghana.
He additionally disputed longstanding claims in regards to the NLA’s monetary contributions to the nation and referred to as for documentary proof to help claims that the NLA generated revenue or income starting from GH¢500 million to GH¢3 billion yearly for the Consolidated Fund between 2007 and 2020.
He additionally requested particulars of license charges and income generated by the cell lottery functions myalphaonline.com and theb2blotto.com between 2020 and 2025, in addition to the id of the businesses licensed by the NLA to function the platforms.
Copies of each the RTI functions have been despatched to the Ministry of Finance and the respective administrators of GRA and NLA.
The request is predicted to extend scrutiny of Ghana’s lottery and gaming sector, significantly concerning taxation, licensing preparations, regulatory oversight, and monetary efficiency of each non-public operators and the Nationwide Lottery Authority.
