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Alecia Smith – Jamaica Information Service – October 15, 2021

A top cash prize of $250,000 and 400 other enticing prizes are up for grabs for persons who get vaccinated against the coronavirus (COVID-19) over the upcoming Heroes Weekend, under the Ministry of Health and Wellness’ new vaccination drive.

Themed: “Be the Hero on the Scene; take the COVID-19 Vaccine,” the vaccination drive is being held in collaboration with Supreme Ventures Limited under its ongoing ‘Vax and Win’ promotion.

There will be a second prize of $100,000; as well as another cash prize of $75,000 for which persons who have been vaccinated since March 10 will also be eligible. The other prizes include book vouchers valued at $50,000 and $25,000 from Kingston Book Shop as well as gift vouchers from Rainforest Seafoods, Hi-Lo Supermarket, Jamaica Public Service (JPS) and Digicel based on the various products they offer.

Minister of Health and Wellness, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton, who made the announcement, explained that to be eligible for prizes, persons would have to be vaccinated between Saturday (October 16) and National Heroes Day, Monday (October 18).

“The basic principle is that when you go to get vaccinated, you indicate whether or not you are interested because… it will be based on your willingness to participate. Not everybody may want to participate. Your name will be identified as an interest and will be uploaded, and after Monday, they will determine… those lucky persons who would benefit or would’ve won a prize for getting vaccinated,” he said.

The Minister, who was speaking at the weekly virtual COVID Conversations press conference on Thursday (October 14), assured that no information will be divulged as it relates to one’s health status.

“It really is, when you are being vaccinated, you indicate if you are interested and our database would just apply your name; that’s all,” he said.

Dr. Tufton stressed that the idea behind this new vaccination thrust “is to encourage, to motivate, to incentivise, to get persons to move with alacrity, with pace, with speed, to get vaccinated.

“We are embarking on a programme to ensure that we provide the opportunity through the expansion of outlets across the country, to allow you to take a vaccine – single shot or double dose; second dose or first dose.”

The Health Minister noted that 90 vaccination sites will be in operation across the island between Saturday and Monday, which will be shared via the various media channels.

“The intention is to provide a site almost in every critical location or population centre, and accompanying those sites are the town criers to give the community adequate notice and information that you can go out and get your vaccines. Those sites are going to have both vaccines – Johnson and Johnson and AstraZeneca,” he said.

Dr. Tufton further informed that over the Heroes weekend, a number of the Ministry’s private contractors “who have been vetted and contracted to offer vaccines [will be] open to administer vaccines at no cost to you”.

“We are giving options to the public to not just get the vaccines, including the single-dose Johnson and Johnson, but multiple locations – private and public, so that you take the opportunity to benefit from getting vaccination, because that is the focus now – restoring normality, being your own hero, protecting yourself,” he said.

Singling out some of the private entities that will offer vaccination over the weekend, Dr. Tufton informed that for persons residing in Kingston, who do not wish to attend the National Arena vaccination site, they may visit the Windsor Wellness Centre on Monday between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 pm; and Winchester Surgical on Sunday, 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Residents in Montego Bay may also go to Baywest Wellness on Monday, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. to get the jab.

“There are others that will be open. We will provide information by putting those out on [our] website,” Dr. Tufton said.

Persons can visit vaccination.moh.gov.jm or the Ministry of Health and Wellness’ social media pages for the full schedule of sites and opening hours.

Source: https://jis.gov.jm/250000-top-cash-prize-in-vax-and-win-promotion/

Supreme Ventures has created history in the gaming industry once again – producing Jamaica’s first online millionaire! SVL is celebrating its first Lotto winner on the SV Games App who won a whopping $259 Million.

The winner, A Rennalds says they have been playing Lotto since the start of the game over 20 years ago, but only hit gold, when they registered and played on the app.

With just a $100 bet, they won $259 Million with the lucky numbers 6, 10, 16, 30, 36 and 38.

Rennalds’ win may not be the largest in Supreme history with the heaviest jackpot being $395 Million in 2015, but it is the largest win ever scored on the app that was launched in October 2020.

CEO of Prime Sports (Jamaica) Limited, Xesus Johnston says this is a true Supreme win with the largest jackpots on offer in the industry and the convenience of placing bets online.

“Supreme is unmatched when it comes to the jackpots, Jamaicans can win when they play our games, we have the largest jackpots in the country and we have pushed SV Games to become the channel of choice for many persons. We want to expand  the customer experience by being not just the provider of the most fun games, but the easiest and most convenient gaming solution provider,” he said.

Rennalds, who says they usually purchases a physical ticket, started playing on the app in March.

“It has been much easier to buy on the app. I can buy more tickets, especially quite a few quick pick tickets. It’s very convenient because when a number pops up I can buy right away, no delay,” they said.

Rennalds said that while they have a set of numbers that have sentimental value, the winning numbers were a random set purchased on the app at their office as soon as they came to mind.

“The app has changed my gaming habits as it is very convenient. If you’re running late, you can just go on the app, don’t need to chase stores saves time,” Rennalds said.

Rennalds, who received news of the win through automated text message, is still absorbing the news.

“I got a text that I won a high tier prize on SV Games. When I saw that text, I said ‘yes, this is it’. I opened the app and found out I really won. And it wasn’t spam. I felt so excited! I’m still absorbing it now,” they said.

Rennalds who described life as “ok” before the big win says they can finally hang up their hat and retire as his dream of winning has finally come true.

“I play with the intention of winning. If you don’t have a ticket, you don’t have a chance so make sure you always have a ticket,” he said.

Persons 18 and over can download the app from supremegames.com and register their account. Customers that opt for Digital transactions will have their accounts verified online and Customers that opt for Cash Transactions can verify their account at any of the listed locations using a valid government issued ID. The app can be used on Android, iOS and Windows devices.

Neville Graham – Jamaica Gleaner – October 1, 2021

Gaming and entertainment company Supreme Ventures Limited is partnering with cigarette distributor Carreras Limited to push their products through a network of micro-entrepreneurs.

The two publicly listed companies will be pumping in upwards of US$600,000 ($90 million) into outfitting special kiosks and developing sales networks for their products, they announced at a signing ceremony.

The partnership will cover SVL’s company-owned and third-party retail stores, as well as its newest sales channel, Supa Sellaz. And Carreras expects its 6,000 cigarette vendors to participate, according to Managing Director Raoul Glynn.

“When we see the Supa Sellaz on the streets, knowing that they have the full suite of products from Supreme Ventures but also the key brands that we have from Carreras, it creates an opportunity for legal employment, but also critical tax revenue,” Glynn said.

Xesus Johnston, CEO of SVL lottery subsidiary Prime Sports, says the agreement should lead to new job creation, while opening channels for both companies to drive up revenue.

“The impact that you will see is that a number of micro-entrepreneurs such as our Supa Sellaz, who were only selling games, will now be able to have the range of Carreras products,” Johnston said.

SVL began rolling out its Supa Sellaz concept in November 2020 to counter increased competition from illegal lotto vendors and the entrance of two new licensed players, Izizzi and Lucky Play. SVL Chairman Gary Peart said at the lottery company’s annual meeting in September that they hold 99.5 per cent of the legal gaming market.

SVL is banking on increased payouts and the popularity of games such as ‘Money Train’ to maintain, and possibly extend, its market edge amid the new rivalry.

In addition to the 6,000 cigarette vendors from Carreras, tobacco boss Glynn said it was likely that another 1,500 sellers would be deployed in the inner-city areas.

“This move will provide more jobs as persons will have to be enrolled to manage the kiosks, while providing retailers with the ability to generate more revenue by offering Carreras products alongside their SVL gaming solutions,” he said.

Johnston said that Carreras and SVL representatives have already engaged retailers who customers can expect to start interacting with this month, and that the state-of-the-art kiosks will begin to pop up in November.

Source: https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/business/20211001/svl-carreras-partner-micro-sales-network

Other Source: https://nationwideradiojm.com/supreme-ventures-and-carreras-announce-landmark-agreement/

Supreme Ventures Limited (SVL) customers cashed out heavily in 2020 winning over $51.7 billion across all gaming products of the group.

The announcement was made by SVL Executive Chairman Gary Peart during the company’s recent 15^th Annual General Meeting at AC Hotel.

The total winnings was a $932.4 million increase over 2019’s disbursements to players of SVL’s broad gaming suite which include number games, sports betting and other solutions.

Peart said it’s major jackpot games, Lotto and Super Lotto created six multi-millionaires during the year.

“Six players walked away with huge jackpot wins amounting to $864.4 million! One of those winners won a Super Lotto jackpot of $301.5 million,” he said.

Additionally, Chairman Peart said SVL achieved record-breaking gross ticket sales at $76.3 billion, a $4.3 billion increase over the previous year. He added that this represented 336 million individual ticket sales to lucky Jamaicans for 2020, Cash Pot being the lion’s share of ticket sales.

Peart said the ticket sales was a testament to the company’s stature in the gaming sector and that despite the entrance of two players in the first quarter of 2021, SVL has retained 99.5 per cent market share nine months later.

Net profit for the Group remained flat, coming in at $2.4 billion. Gaming Income increased by $843.9 million or two per cent and EBITDA increased by 14.3 per cent to $4.6 billion.

Peart says despite the challenges COVID-19 posed in 2020, SVL shareholders still reaped the rewards and the company continued to pull investors on the stock market.

“Earnings per share of 90.15 cents allowed shareholders to receive dividends of 80 cents for the 2020 financial year,” he explained.

SVL’s shareholders increased from 5,343 at the end of 2019 to 6,442 in 2020, an increase of 20 per cent and total shareholders’ equity as at December 2020 stood at $6 billion, representing an increase of $1.9 billion or 46.9 per cent when compared to the same period last year.

SVL paid out $1.9 billion in total dividends in 2020 versus $2.1 billion in 2019, representing a dividend yield of 4.1 per cent.

Source: https://www.jamaicaobserver.com/latestnews/SVL_players_cash_out_$51.7_billion_in_2020

Supreme Ventures Limited (SVL) says it has awarded over $4.4 million in cash and prizes in its Vax and Win promotion.

The campaign, which ran over nine weeks, allowed persons 18 years and older, who are vaccinated, either first or second dose to, register for a chance to win up to $200,000 in cash per week in addition to thousands of dollars in grocery and school supply vouchers.

To enter, persons are required to complete an online entry form available at Vaxandwinja.com for a chance to be one of five lucky weekly winners. So far, thousands of vaccinated persons have registered on the website.

SVL said it would continue to leverage its platform for the greater good of the nation.

“SVL is a deeply ingrained part of Jamaica, and we will use our platform and influence to assist in any way we can to fight COVID-19, which has taken so many Jamaican lives. We are proud that our campaign is gaining traction and will continue to push efforts to return to normalcy and public health safety,” SVL said in a statement.

As part of its activation, the company supported the MOH’s vaccination blitz on Friday, August 13, at a downtown Kingston SVL retailer where it funnelled all who had received the shot to sign up for Vax and Win.

And recently, SVREL partnered with the American Friends of Jamaica and the Southeast Regional Health Authority (SERHA) to host a three-day vaccination blitz for the residents of Portmore. Just over 2,000 persons were vaccinated with Pfizer and Johnson & Johnson vaccines from Tuesday, September 7 to Thursday, September 9.

SVREL, in a statement, said the sprawling Caymanas Park facility was an ideal location to host the hundreds of persons who visited the grounds daily and committed to continue to do what it can to support the national vaccine effort.

Source: https://jamaica.loopnews.com/content/svl-awards-over-44-million-cash-and-prizes-van-and-win-promo