SA faces looming lottery blackout after Pretoria High Court dismisses Ithuba bid

SA faces looming lottery blackout after Pretoria High Court dismisses Ithuba bid

No lotto on Sunday: South Africans face Lottery blackout after Court blocks licence extension

South Africans may wake up on Sunday, 1 June 2025, to a country without a functioning National Lottery after the Pretoria High Court dismissed an urgent application by the National Lotteries Commission (NLC) to extend the temporary operating licence for Ithuba Holdings beyond its expiry on 31 May. As first reported by GroundUp, the court’s decision leaves the lottery in limbo, with Ithuba Lottery—a sister company of the current operator—refusing…