程阳：South African National Lottery

南非共和国 Republic of South Africa，南非因地处非洲南部而得名，南非有“彩虹之国”和“黄金宝石之国”之誉。

语言：英语、阿非利堪斯语

民族：祖鲁、科萨、茨瓦纳等部族。民族68.2%为黑人，3.3%为亚洲人，18%为白人，10.5%为有色人。

货币：南非兰特 Rand 符号：R，国际标志：ZAR，1 Rand (R) = 100 cents 兑换率(约)1兰特=1.9955港元=0.2545美元

人口：４６９０万（南非统计局２００５年中估计），主要由黑人、白人、有色人和亚裔四大种族构成，分别占总人口的７９.５％、９.１％、８.９％和２.５％。

行政区划：

全国划分为9个省：

东开普省 (Eastern Cape Province)

奥兰治自由邦 (Free State Province) (Orange Free State)

豪登省 (Gauteng Province)

夸祖鲁－纳塔尔省 (KwaZulu-Natal Province)

普马兰加省 (Mpumalanga Province)

林波波省 (Limpopo Province)

北开普省 (Northern Cape Province)

西北省 (North West Province)

西开普省 (Western Cape Province)

经济：

国内生产总值（2002年）：1017亿美元。

人均国内生产总值（2002年）：2255美元。

国内生产总值年增长率（2002年）：3％。

货币名称：兰特（Rand）１兰特＝100分（CENT）。

汇率（2002年12月）： 1美元＝8.75兰特。

通货膨胀率（2002年）：8.8％。

失业率（2002年）：29.5%。

Uthingo Management (Pty) Ltd was the operator of the South African National Lottery until March 2007. It was formed in 1996 to compete for this right amongst a total of three consortia bidding for the licence. Uthingo is not tasked with the allocation of funds to beneficiary organisations, but is instead mandated to raise revenue for the National Lottery Distribution Trust Fund.

It is a fully Black Economic Empowerment compliant business, with 70% ownership locally, and the remaining 30% being owned by international players who provided the tools and knowledge to run a lottery effectively.

Uthingo lost the bid to renew it's license as the Lotto operator to Gidani after a legal battle and negotiations with the Ministry of Trade and Industry. During that period (March to October 2007) the South African National Lottery was suspended and the first Lotto draw after Gidani took over from Uthingo was on 13th October 2007.