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RWANDAN LOTTERY
L to R: Johannes Lind, of Tilia Games,
Philip Brizoua and Robert Bayigamba of
Lotto Rwanda, and Mark Hutchinson
from Octavian
and Mark Hutchinson of Octavian, amongst others, network via GPRS. However, as mentioned earlier,
discussed how the lottery would contribute to the there’s huge amount of headroom built-in to allow for
development of Rwanda. The second show was hosted growth. “As the system is configured right now, there’s
by Rwanda’s Minister for Sports and Culture, Joseph the capacity to connect 3,000 terminals to the
Habineza. He acted as guest DJ and was joined by network” says Graham Yates, Chief Technology
players from the Rwanda national football team. This Officer at Octavian. “However, the system is built to
was such a success that Habineza, a highly popular scale up very easily. As operations expand, we can
figure in Rwanda, returned to host week three’s show. scale up the number of tickets sales terminals and
outlets connecting to the network and, of course, the
Involving the nation database and server capacity. The system as it stands
It was in week two’s show that the first promotional today is capable of processing 3.6 billion
competition was launched, with a top prize of one transactions a year. But again, as demand increases,
million Rwandese francs and a cow. Livestock plays a the Transaction Processing Cluster and software has
very important role in Rwandan life and a cow is seen been developed to easily scale up and handle many,
as a significant and enviable reward. More than 90% many millions of transactions every week.”
of the people in Rwanda earn a living from
agriculture and measure their wealth in terms of the Entertainment, education,
numbers of goats and cows they own. development
The winner of the one million Rwandese francs and Although ownership of televisions is limited in
cow was presented with their prize by Joseph Rwanda, a TV chat show also began in December,
Habineza at half-time during the Rwanda v Togo again created in partnership with Jonathan Goodson
football match. Further promotions followed in the Productions. The purpose of this is not only to
lead-up to the launch of the live draw. These included entertain but also to educate and reassure people
a chance for a lucky winner to have dinner with the about issues such as the equal-odds-for-all, security
recording artist Shaggy (of “Oh Carolina” and and the opportunities for development offered by
“Boombastic” fame) and to attend his concert at the Rwanda’s new national lottery.
sports stadium as a VIP guest. All of these raised According to Philip Brizoua, “A great spirit of co-
national awareness in the lead-up to the first Lotto operation, shared goals and optimism has been
Rwanda live draw, which launched on Saturday generated amongst the team behind Lotto Rwanda.
December 20th. The launch of the main Lotto We now have a world-class lottery operation, equal to
Rwanda 6-of-36 weekly game saw the prize value rise or better than any operating around the globe today.
to a minimum of 30 million Rwandese francs. It offers a true ‘win-win’, providing players with a
chance to win a minimum of 30 million Rwandese
Technically advanced and with huge francs while also generating money for the good
capacity causes it supports in areas such as sports, arts,
Initially, ticket sales for the live draw will be via culture, education, and other community
300 of the wireless G-Lot terminals connecting to the development needs.”
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