Berjaya Corp. launches lottery operations in Vietnam

Malaysia’s Berjaya Corporation Bhd has finally rolled out its first lottery product in Vietnam.

On Monday, the Malaysian company’s joint venture in Vietnam—Berjaya Gia Thinh Investment Technology Joint Stock Company (Berjaya GTI)—launched its first game, Mega 6/45 Lotto Jackpot Game, The Star reported.

“Within the first month of operations, 800 point of sale terminals for Mega 6/45 tickets will be available throughout Ho Chi Minh City with some 10,000 point of sale terminals planned nationwide within the next five years,” the company said in a statement.

In 2010, the Malaysian firm proposed a lottery project to the Vietnamese government, but it took almost six years before Vietnam finally decided to award Berjaya and the Vietnam Computerized Lottery One Member Limited Liability Company (Vietlott) an exclusive contract to invest and operate a nationwide computerized lottery for 18 years.