Curaçao’s National Lottery, the Landsloterij, has a rich history. In 1922 the idea of a national lottery was launched as a countermeasure to the significant offering of illegal gambling and to keep a check on the foreign exchange leaving the islands as a result thereof. However, the national lottery initiative could not count on immediate support. With the signing into law of the National Ordinance on the National Lottery 1949 the Landsloterij finally started operations in their current format.

The Landsloterij, the official operator of the national lottery, is a Public Law Entity that falls under the jurisdiction of the Minister of Finance. The bi-weekly drawings are overseen by the Public Prosecutor’s Office. For more info on the Landsloterij, please follow this link to their website: www.landsloterij.org.

The National Lottery is regulated through the National Ordinance on the National Lottery 1949 (Landsloterijverordening 1949, PB 1965, no. 122, z.g.) and its bylaws and regulations.

 

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