Bolivia to launch electronic lottery

The official explained that in order to implement the electronic lottery, ticket vending machines will be installed in different parts of cities throughout the entire territory. In order to play customers will need to choose 6 numbers out of a total of 49. A ticket will cost around US$ 1.50. 

According to Pimentel, there will be a televised digitized draw every Friday and the lottery will offer an accumulated jackpot as well as other prizes. The lottery has an initial budget of US$723,000 which will be used for the acquisition of equipment and for marketing purposes.

The official said that LONABOL raised up around US$1.1m until August this year, and that the intention is to reach around US$1.7m by the end of the year. Pimentel expressed her hope that there would be no deficit for LONABOL this year because the National Lottery "works to save lives,” she said.

The only institute permitted to run lotteries in Bolivia are those still run by LONABOL, which has until recently, run a single traditional paper lottery called the Lotería Beneficencia Salubridad, which has one of the lowest turnovers in the entire region.