For the first time, the much anticipated 321 Lotto Wantok Jackpot draw was drawn last night live on national television witnessed by representatives from the National Gaming Control Board, members of the media and people around the country who tuned in.
Chief Operations Officer, Allan Egan explained the process of the live draws stating that at each Wantok Jackpot draw, the machine will draw 7 numbered balls in no specific order from a total of 36 balls.
“As soon as the numbers are revealed, customers can check their tickets to see if they have the drawn numbers on their tickets, they will then bring their tickets in to the 321 Lotto shop at Range View Plaza for their tickets to be scanned in order to determine the prize division that they may have won under.”
The lucky 7 numbers drawn have been put up on the 321 Lotto website for those who have registered online and for ticket customers to check if they have the winning numbers.
Customers can bring their tickets to the 321 shop at Rangeview plaza to claim their prize if they think they have matched more then 2-7 numbers on their tickets as there are different prize divisions for every number of matches.
There are seven divisions altogether determined by the numbers drawn that match with that on the ticket.
Check out the 321 Lotto Facebook page or their their website at 321lotto.com.au to check the lucky numbers.
Winners will be announced with customers consent.
If the customer wishes to remain anonymous, 321 Lotto will respect their wishes.
Chief Executive Officer, Todd Emanuelli stated that it was absolutely exciting to finally launch and have he first live draw.
He thanked his team and 321 Lotto for ensuring that everything ran smoothly.
“I want to thank Post PNG also for the partnership opportunity, for helping us set up and sell tickets and more importantly the NGCB.”
“I spent a lot of time going through and demonstrating how our products work and the equipment being used, lottery is probably the most regulated game in the industry around it so we’re looking forward to opening up more shops.”
He added that they will be ironing out a few things to iron out in the coming weeks like customer queries and confusions.
“Also working towards customers being able to use their visa debit cards to top up and purchase tickets online and working to utilise USSD ticket purchasing, these are options that we would love to explore in the coming weeks.”
“There are a variety of tickets as well as jackpots with prizes to be won.”
“With lotteries the enjoyment is in thinking what you can do with the money you win and that’s where ye entertainment is so we’re looking forward to see the winners turn up to se how much they win.”
Meanwhile he stated that 321 Lotto is focused on establishing a base here in PNG before expanding into the Pacific as they already have a presence in Vanuatu as well.