EMMANUEL DAPAAH KUNKUMA vs. NATIONAL LOTTERY AUTHORITY

It is quite unusual for me to begin my judgment with a question. This time round, I cannot help it. What is the normal feeling when one suddenly wins a lottery? Some jackpot winners interviewed at random across the globe expressed shock and disbelief. These were some of their expressions: “…I’ve just got six numbers on the lottery and I am having a brain spasm…; I am shaking like a leaf; absolutely fantastic!” I can imagine the feelings and thoughts which might have gone through the Plaintiff before me with regards to his alleged winning lottery coupon. And, in other twist, he is in court over the prize money of GH¢17,040.00 which he wants the Defendant to pay together with interest. He must have experienced a climax and an anti-climax. The Defendant is the National Lottery Authority (NLA). The facts of this suit as captured in the Plaintiff’s statement of claim are quite captivating. On 05/05/2012, the Plaintiff staked the numbers 71-21 and 21-71 for the sum of GH¢80.0...