O-Score proof
South African court sets aside the award of the national lottery licence to Sizekhaya and orders Minister Parks Tau to reconsider the bids
10O-Score10 · Fully overlooked0 of 13 major U.S. outlets by our publish date · See proof →Method note: Score reflects coverage as of publish date; changed Nov 2, 2026. Only articles dated on or before our publish date (Nov 3, 2026, ET) count. Later articles are listed as pickups and never lower the score.
Status history (2 events, ET)
- O-Score check: 10 (Fully overlooked) · 0 of 13 outlets counted
- Published
The math
- Outlets checked: 13 major U.S. national outlets.
- Confirmed reports of this story dated on or before our publish date: 0.
- 0 found → O-Score 10 (Fully overlooked). Higher means more overlooked.
| Score | Meaning | Major U.S. outlets that covered it |
|---|---|---|
| 10 | Fully overlooked ← this story | 0 of 13 outlets |
| 8 | Barely covered | 1 outlet |
| 6, 5 | Lightly covered | 2 outlets (6) · 3 outlets (5) |
| 4, 3 | Covered | 4 outlets (4) · 5 outlets (3) |
| 2, 1, 0 | Widely covered | 6–7 outlets (2) · 8–10 outlets (1) · 11–13 outlets (0) |
Provisional: All 13 outlets were checked through Google News and Bing News site searches; their own site search could not be run directly.
Checked Nov 3, 2026, 10:19 PM ET · coverage window: 2026-09-24 to 2026-11-03 (40 days, built around this story’s publish date of 2026-11-03). Scored after publication.
Every outlet
| Outlet | Result | Searches run |
|---|---|---|
| AP,apnews.com | Not found | Sizekhaya South Africa lottery licence Ithuba Ringeta |
| Reuters,reuters.com | Not found | Sizekhaya South Africa lottery licence Ithuba Ringeta |
| The New York Times,nytimes.com | Not found | Sizekhaya South Africa lottery licence Ithuba Ringeta |
| The Washington Post,washingtonpost.com | Not found | Sizekhaya South Africa lottery licence Ithuba Ringeta |
| The Wall Street Journal,wsj.com | Not found | Sizekhaya South Africa lottery licence Ithuba Ringeta |
| CNN,cnn.com | Not found | Sizekhaya South Africa lottery licence Ithuba Ringeta |
| Fox News,foxnews.com | Not found | Sizekhaya South Africa lottery licence Ithuba Ringeta |
| NBC News,nbcnews.com | Not found | Sizekhaya South Africa lottery licence Ithuba Ringeta |
| CBS News,cbsnews.com | Not found | Sizekhaya South Africa lottery licence Ithuba Ringeta |
| ABC News,abcnews.go.com | Not found | Sizekhaya South Africa lottery licence Ithuba Ringeta |
| NPR,npr.org | Not found | Sizekhaya South Africa lottery licence Ithuba Ringeta |
| USA Today,usatoday.com | Not found | Sizekhaya South Africa lottery licence Ithuba Ringeta |
| Bloomberg,bloomberg.com | Not found | Sizekhaya South Africa lottery licence Ithuba Ringeta |
Pickups
We published: Nov 3, 2026 (ET).
No major-outlet pickup after our publish date yet.
Check history
| Checked (ET) | Check | O-Score | Confirmed outlets | What changed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 3, 2026, 10:19 PM ET | initial | 10 Fully overlooked | 0 | No change |
Search terms
“Sizekhaya”, “South Africa lottery licence”, “Ithuba Ringeta”
Method
- google-news site: (3 term variants per outlet)
- bing-news site: (3 term variants per outlet)
- editor read of every candidate headline
A match counts only if the outlet’s own article is about this story, not a passing mention. “Not found” means not found by these methods; search engines index only part of each site. Stories are rechecked daily for pickups; the score itself is locked to coverage as of our publish date.