After being granted a license by the Western Cape Gambling and Racing Board, Lottoland announced that they had opened operations in South Africa to begin lottery betting.

Lottoland is the world leader in online lotto operations and had been seeking to gain access into the South African market for some time now. That came to fruition when both licenses were granted on Wednesday, allowing the company to go live, which they did immediately following the granting of the licenses.

This approval now gives them 30 separate lotteries across the globe, and South Africans the first opportunity to win record jackpots in other countries, including Mega Millions and Powerball in the United States, and European jackpots.

Lottoland had already attempted to expand their operations in January when they made a bid for rival ZEAL Network’s operations. The cash offering was for a number between €60m-€76m, but ZEAL balked at the offer.