Legendary Nigerian footballer and philanthropist, Kanu Nwankwo, is launching the biggest lotto in Africa to raise funds for the Kanu Heart Foundation (KHF) and help build a specialist cardiac hospital in Abuja.
“We are excited to launch this major fund-raising initiative for the Kanu Heart Foundation and hope people support it by buying tickets, helping us to build a new heart hospital for Nigeria,” said Nwankwo.
“Not only could people change their own life with the potential to win the jackpot of over N1 billion, they can help to change the lives of other people by supporting our Foundation.”
The lotto offers a jackpot starting N1 billion and will run in conjunction with AfroMillonsLotto, the foundation said in a statement.
Its twice-weekly draws comes with jackpots bigger than all lotteries in Nigeria combined and the largest anywhere in Africa.
A fifth of every ticket sold will go directly to the foundation to help continue work ensuring underprivileged children across Africa with heart problems get the treatment they need.
Since 2000, the foundation has helped pay treatment fees for some 538 children in facilities throughout the world.
The first draw comes on Wednesday alongside instant-win games for fun or cash prizes up to N12 million.
If there isn’t a jackpot winner, the prize money rolls over, increasing by N100 million with each draw until it reaches a maximum of over N2 billion.
To play the lottery
After selecting setting up an account at KHF.AfroMillionsLotto.com anyone over the age of 18 can deposit money using their credit or debit card or e-wallet.
You then choose a line of six numbers ranging from 1 – 49 and an additional bonus number between 0 – 9 before buying a ticket costing 0.60 Euros (€) (approx. N250).
The winning numbers are based on the twice-weekly German National Lottery draw, which can be viewed live on German television on Wednesday and Saturday evenings.
Jackpots and prizes will be displayed at KHF.AfroMillionsLotto.com together with the prizes for correctly predicting 6, 5, 4, 3 and 2 matching numbers.
The minimum jackpot starts at 2,500,000 Euros (€) (more that N1 billion) and rolls over by 250,000 Euros (€) each time it’s not won until it reaches a maximum of 5,000,000 Euros (€).
Why Euros?
The Kanu Heart Foundation AfroMillionsLotto sells tickets and displays jackpots in Euros (€) because it’s the currency of choice for the lottery industry.
However, people pay to play in naira and when they win, they’ll withdraw money in Naira too.
