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GA advances lottery talks despite looming legal challenge

Long awaited: The national lottery has been held up due to legal wrangling
Long awaited: The national lottery has been held up due to legal wrangling

The Gambling Authority (GA) is pressing on with talks with Ithuba Botswana for the country’s long-awaited lottery licence, despite a looming legal challenge from sidelined bidder, GrowMine.

BusinessWeek is informed that the authority expects to present a draft licence to its board soon, a key step in kicking off the lottery eagerly awaited by Batswana.

Ithuba Botswana, a subsidiary of a well-known pan-African group Ithuba Holdings, was the reserve bidder of the national lottery licence, which was originally scooped by GrowMine, a local consortium of businesses and businesspeople.

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