Kenya’s oldest lottery company, Kenya Charity Sweepstake @KCS_Kenya, has launched a digital platform in efforts to grow market share in the gaming and lottery market. - @BD_Africa
The firm, which has over the years been known for lottery scratch cards, will now have its services available online through mobile application and on the website.
KCS chief executive officer Yaron Farachi said the new development is part of rebranding of the company as it seeks to be the leading lottery firm in the country as well as adapt to the new realities in the market.
Online sports betting companies such as SportPesa had grown rapidly in recent years before their closure, riding a wave of enthusiasm for sports, with the government putting their combined revenue at over Sh200B in 2018, up from Sh2B five years earlier.
The process of rebranding the company began a year ago with the aim of integrating the latest technology in the market into the services it offers.
.@KCS_Kenya are launching a new lottery game called “Bomba Lotto 6/49”, a draw-based game in which players will be able to select six numbers out of 49 with the tickets for the daily game participating automatically.
The draws will be in three different ways, bonus, raffle and mega draws, with the top price being 100,000 times the staked amount with the Mega Bomba being drawn live on television every Wednesday and Sunday.
The charity organisation has tapped Tenlot Group in the new project as it positions itself as the lotto operator with the most attractive games in the country.
The new game joins the growing portfolio of games by @KCS_Kenya including scratch cards, 5/39 lotto, Lucky 3, Kenno and instant online games which can now be purchased online via mobile app, USSD, paybill, short message service (SMS) and at selected retail points.
With the billions flowing into @SportPesa, Pevans East Africa Ltd, the cash cow of the Nikolov empire, embarked on an expansion phase. It opened companies or offices in Tanzania, SA, the Isle of Man, the UK, the Canary Islands, Russia and Italy.
But it is the local subsidiary, Bradley, that shows that despite Nikolov’s high perch, the notoriety of his past hung on him like white on rice.
Bradley, whose main brand was the @pambazukake lottery, was launched in May 2016 and, by the time it closed shop slightly less than two years later, had accumulated losses of more than Sh1.5B, which were written off in the books of Pevans in its 2018 accounts.
Regina Wamuyu Githaiga purchased a ticket number 003096663 for Sh65 on December 3, 2005. She was given part ‘A’ of the ticket and First Lotto sales agent — at an outlet managed by Sammy Kariuki Wambugu — retained part ‘B’ and ‘C’ of the coupon as per the rules. - @NationAfrica
Her combination won a jackpot of Sh12 million during a draw the next day. Excited, she rushed to the company to claim her prize, but soon learnt that getting her Sh12 million would not be a walk in the park.
Wamuyu presented her winning coupon on December 6, but the joke was on her. The lottery she had won was only in her dreams. The company disowned its own tickets and said no one had ever won the jackpot on offer.
Motorists attracted by the stylish number plate designs being sold in Nairobi face fines and jail terms for fitting unauthorised registration plates on their vehicles. - @NationAfrica
.@ntsa_kenya says there has been increased circulation of new number plate designs with unique fonts, obtained from unauthorised sources by motorists seeking to stand out.
The makers of the “trendy” plates target high-end vehicle owners and have even made some for government vehicles, a boon for fake plate makers.
Now, rest assured that no one will poke around the app, and checking your balances (ordinary balances like airtime and data do not need PIN authentication for obvious reasons) without your permission.
Belief in God is one of the reasons seven in 10 youths do not think they are at risk of contracting SARS-CoV-2 virus; a new report by @Amref_Kenya has documented. - @StandardKenya
A report by Amref Health Africa has also listed lack of travel history, youthfulness, hot weather and the claim that the virus is not in Kenya as the reasons behind youth branding themselves as immune to the virus.
The report titled Lived experiences of youth during the Covid-19 pandemic: implications for policy and programme considerations in Kenya states that 74 per cent of individuals aged 18-35 believe their risk is low of getting the virus.
MPs have suffered a blow after the High Court on Thursday ruled that they refund Sh1M each received as house allowance after judges termed the pay illegal. - @BD_Africa
The 416 MPs had been paid the allowance for eight months before the High Court stopped the pay in May last year. The court directed clerks of @Senate_KE and @NAssemblyKE, to recover the cash within a year.
The MPs had been paid 357M for five-and-half months before @srckenya obtained a court order in May last year.