Following a court ruling in early March of this year that brought the South African lottery to a standstill, big money jackpots appear to be right around the corner. With a re-examination of company shareholdings complete amongst lottery partners Intralot and Gidani, South Africa's 43 million citizens will soon have a chance to play the National Lottery once again. Intralot has reported that its partner, Gidani, is ready to begin operations without delay, and hopes to have 11,000 points of sale in South Africa within three years.

Now holding a seven year, eight month lottery license, Gidani has a future filled with potential. Intralot, who is a majority shareholder in Gidani, has already published a plan for taking the lottery forward, including an installation and training system on the new Coronis lottery terminals and Lotus operating system. 7,500 terminals have already been installed while 27,000 people have been trained to operate the new machines.

With Intralot in control of the training and transactions, Gidani will be responsible for operating and expanding the lottery into more lottery shops, convenience stores, cafes, post offices and supermarkets. A network of 7,626 retailers will be offering lottery tickets from the get go, and an additional 3,000 more retailers will likely do the same within the next three years.

An ambitious task to say the least, Gidani plans to increase the number of lottery retailers by offering better commissions and charging less. Furthermore, Gidani says that "good causes" will benefit even more with increased lottery funds.