Tanzanian Lottery goes mobile with Openlot

Tanzanians are the first on the African continent that can play the lottery with a regular mobile phone.

Selcom Gaming, the Tanzanian lottery operator, partnered with Openlot Systems to launch a mobile lottery. The lottery offers both sports betting and numbers games.

Consumers pay with their mobile phone using SMS. Prizes are redeemed through a player account. An age check is performed and Openlot's SMS Secure technology provides end-to-end security.

Players are informed about the results of the games in either English or Swahili through the phone, the Internet or call center and receive an SMS text message if they have won a prize. Winners are directed towards a partner bank branch where they identify themselves and receive the prize money. Regulators and lottery management can follow ticket sales in real-time". [via e-mail press release]

emily | 6:55 PM | SMS and Gaming |
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