A man who has won the lotto Powerball Jackpot and is now R8 million richer, spoke to the National Lottery Operator iThuba saying that he wants his wife and children back. His wife left him at the beginning of the year because he did not have money and he would like another chance to get back with his family to mend things and give them a better life.
Bachelor who scored R7m lotto win wants to buy a big house
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Durban - South Africa has a new millionaire - a bachelor who waged R80 on a lotto ticket via his banking app.
Lottery operator, Ithuba on Thursday night said the man played the Quick Pick Selection using Absa’s digital banking platform, for the Wednesday 10 February 2021 and scored the R7.4 Million Lotto Plus 1 jackpot,
Accordning to Ithuba, the new bachelor millionaire, shared that he felt both excited and overwhelmed when he found out that he had won over R7 Million.
“I was just so excited but also felt very nervous. ITHUBA has provided me with trauma counselling so that really helped calm my nerves a lot”, said the winner.
Happy 2021: Two lucky Lotto players bag R60mil & R32mil respectively One lucky player won R60 million from the Friday 15 January PowerBall draw, following 11 roll-overs since the last win on 1 December 2020. Picture: National Lotteries Commission/Facebook.
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JOHANNESBURG - The year 2021 may not carry with it promises of a different experience to what was seen in 2020, but at least two people in South Africa will smile all the way to the bank after winning the Lotto jackpot.
One lucky player won R60 million from the Friday 15 January PowerBall draw, following 11 roll-overs since the last win on 1 December 2020.
The winner purchased the ticket using the FNB banking app, with a R52 ticket wager and a manual selection method. The winning PowerBall numbers in numerical order, were: 24, 31, 40, 45, 48, PowerBall 20.
Check your Lotto tickets because SA has two new multi-millionaires Citizen Reporter Two lucky winners scooped the first multi-million rand jackpot for 2021.
National lottery operator, Ithuba has called on lotto players to check their tickets and to claim their prizes as the latest draw saw some striking it rich.
“We are excited to meet the first multi-million winners of the year and we urge them to make contact with us as soon as possible.
“I must emphasise that it is important for all players to check their tickets as we have more winners from other divisions too,” said Group CEO of Ithuba, Charmaine Mabuza in a statement.