{"id":18247,"date":"2017-10-16T22:19:39","date_gmt":"2017-10-16T21:19:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/?p=18247"},"modified":"2017-10-16T22:46:12","modified_gmt":"2017-10-16T21:46:12","slug":"nwankwo-kanu-launches-n1-billion-jackpot-lotto-support-kanu-heart-foundation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/nwankwo-kanu-launches-n1-billion-jackpot-lotto-support-kanu-heart-foundation\/","title":{"rendered":"Nwankwo Kanu Launches N1 Billion Jackpot Lotto to Support Kanu Heart Foundation"},"content":{"rendered":"

Legendary Nigerian footballer and philanthropist, Nwankwo Kanu, is launching the biggest lotto in Africa to raise funds for the Kanu Heart Foundation (KHF) (www.KanuHeartFoundationNg.com<\/a>) and help build a specialist cardiac hospital in Abuja.<\/p>\n

The KHF lotto offers a jackpot starting at N<\/s>1 billion and will be run in conjunction with AfroMillonsLotto (www.AfroMillionsLotto.com<\/a>).\u00a0It offers twice-weekly draws with bigger jackpots than all the lotteries in Nigeria combined, as well as being the largest jackpot anywhere in Africa. Twenty percent of every ticket sold will go directly to KHF to help it continue its work ensuring underprivileged children across Africa with heart problems get the treatment they need.<\/p>\n

Since its launch in 2000, KHF has helped not just people in Nigeria, but also paid for 538 children to be treated at facilities throughout the world. Commenting on the lotto initiative, Kanu said:<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are excited to launch this major fund-raising initiative for the Kanu Heart Foundation and hope people support it by buying tickets, helping us to build a new heart hospital for Nigeria.”<\/p>\n

“Not only could people change their own life with the potential to win the jackpot of over N<\/s>1 billion, they can help to change the lives of other people by supporting our Foundation”.<\/p>

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The first KHF.AfroMillionsLotto.com<\/a><\/ins><\/span><\/u>\u00a0draw takes place on Wednesday 18th<\/sup> October and the website also offers nine, \u2018Candy Crush\u2019 style, Instant Win games, which can be played for fun or to win cash prizes of up to N<\/s>12 million. If there isn\u2019t a jackpot winner, the prize money rolls over, increasing by N<\/s>100 million with each draw until it reaches a maximum of over N<\/s>2 billion.<\/p>\n

According to Wikipaedia, Nwankwo Kanu, OON<\/a><\/small> is a retired Nigerian<\/a> footballer<\/a> who played as a forward<\/a>. He was a member of the Nigerian national team<\/a> and later captained the Eagles for 16 years from 1994 until 2010. Kanu is a member of the Igbo<\/a> ethnic group; his name, Nwankwo, means Child born on Nkwo market day<\/i> in the Igbo language<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Kanu has won a UEFA Champions League<\/a> medal, a UEFA Cup<\/a> medal, three FA Cup<\/a> Winners Medals and two African Player of the Year<\/a> awards amongst others. He is also one of few players to have won the Premier League<\/a>, FA Cup, Champions League, UEFA Cup and an Olympic Gold Medal<\/a>. He made the third-most substitute<\/a> appearances in Premier League history, appearing from the bench 118 times.<\/sup><\/p>\n

He is also a UNICEF<\/a> Goodwill Ambassador. And in October 2015, Kanu became brand ambassador in Africa for leading digital TV operator StarTimes<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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