The National Lottery Operator, ITHUBA is excited to announce that the PowerBall and PowerBall PLUS jackpots from last night's draw 27 July 2021 have been won. 

We can confirm that the biggest jackpot thus far for 2021 has been won with the PowerBall jackpot of over a whopping R158 Million. This means that the lucky winner walks away with the second-highest PowerBall jackpot in the history of the South African National Lottery, making them not only the biggest jackpot winner of 2021 but the biggest online jackpot winner since ITHUBA took over as the Operator in 2015. 

The winning PowerBall ticket was purchased on the day of the jackpot draw, the winner from North West, played using the ABSA Banking APP and spent only R15 on the winning ticket using the manual selection method to select the winning numbers of 05, 12, 15, 28, 29, and PowerBall number 14. 

The PowerBall PLUS jackpot of over R17 Million has also been won, the winning ticket was purchased just hours before the draw took place at Super Spar, Silver Oaks Crossing Centre in Pretoria. The winner spent R105 on the winning ticket using the Quick Pick selection method to select the winning numbers of 01, 12, 36, 38, 41, and PowerBall number 07. 

ITHUBA Ceo, Charmaine Mabuza, “Congratulations to our PowerBall and PowerBall PLUS jackpot winners, when we took over the operations of the National Lottery, we promised to offer life-changing jackpots and we are delivering just that. We have kept our promise to reinvigorate the National Lottery by offering record-breaking jackpots and creating more winners and Multi-Millionaires than any other South African Lottery Operator. This is a huge milestone for ITHUBA, not only is this the second-highest PowerBall jackpot ever but the biggest win of 2021 thus far and the biggest online jackpot win since ITHUBA took over as the Operator in 2015, we are excited to have made two South African Millionaires once again”, said Mabuza. 

ITHUBA was responsible for paying out the largest jackpot in the history of the South African National Lottery, the R232 Million PowerBall jackpot won in February 2019 and remains the record-breaking jackpot in the history of Africa. 

Winners of R50 000 and more receive extensive financial advice as well as trauma counselling from qualified psychologists, to help them deal with their new financial circumstances. These advisory services come at no cost to the winner. 

All national lottery winnings are tax free. 

ITHUBA is the proud operator of the National Lottery. 

The National Lottery Operator, ITHUBA is excited to announce that the PowerBall jackpot from Tuesday 4 May 2021 of over R112 Million has been won, by two lucky players. 

Making this the biggest jackpot amount won this year, each player will receive a whopping R56 Million from the PowerBall jackpot amount of over R122 Million. The winning numbers from this draw are 03, 09, 17, 25, 39, and the PowerBall is 13. 

The first winning ticket was purchased a day before the lucky jackpot draw at Meerensee Dried Fruits and Nuts, in Richards Bay, Kwa-Zula Natal. The winner only spent R7.50 on the winning ticket using the manual selection method. 

Our second winning ticket was purchased just hours before the draw took place at Ok Mini Mark Thornton in Cape Town, Western Cape. The winner spent R45 on the winning ticket using the manual selection method. This is one lucky player. 

The CEO of ITHUBA, Charmaine Mabuza “A big congratulations to the lucky PowerBall winners. Both winners have not yet contacted ITHUBA but we anticipate that both winners will come forward soon. We urge all players to check their tickets”, said Mabuza. 

The LOTTO Jackpot from Saturday 01 May 2021 has also been won and the lucky player scoops a massive R12 million. The winner, who is not yet known to ITHUBA, purchased the winning ticket using the National Lottery website platform. The winner spent R10 and opted for the quick pick selection method to select the winner numbers of 10, 11, 13, 20, 43, 51, and the Bonus number is 04. 

Our Winner Services Department is ready to receive the winners. The first step will be to validate the winning ticket and offer the winners free trauma counselling and financial advisory services to assist the winners with their financial planning, as we do with all winners of R50 000 and above 

All National Lottery winnings are tax free. 

ITHUBA is the proud operator of the National Lottery. 

The PowerBall estimated jackpot for Friday 09 April 2021 draw is at a massive R65 million while the PowerBall Plus estimated jackpot is at a cool R22 million. If the PowerBall jackpot is won this Friday this will be the biggest jackpot won this year. 

CEO of ITHUBA, Charmaine Mabuza “Our players are important to us and offering them bigger jackpots to play for, has always been ITHUBA’s objective and priority, ever since we took over the National Lottery in 2015. The current PowerBall jackpots are sure to make a huge difference in the life of one or more lucky players. We urge players to buy their PowerBall tickets and who knows you could be our next PowerBall jackpot winner”, said Mabuza. 

This year the National Lottery has created over 26 million winners across all games since the beginning of 2021 and R800 million has been paid out in total winnings. 

Players can purchase their PowerBall tickets from participating retailers, the National lottery website https://www.nationallottery.co.za/ using the National Lottery Mobile App, or participating banks namely FNB, ABSA, Nedbank and Standard Bank. 

All winners receive financial advice and trauma counselling which the National Lottery offers to winners of R50 000 and above, at no cost to the winner. 

The live broadcast will take place, Friday 09 April 2021 on Mzanzi Magic channel 161 and Newzroom Afrika channel 405 at 20:58. 

Buy your ticket now! 

The winner of the R114 Million PowerBall jackpot is a 35-year-old woman from Soweto.

The occasional Lottery player said she decided to try her luck when she saw other people queuing to buy their tickets. “On my way from work, I saw a long que of people with betslips and I knew they must be pursuing something big, even though I had no idea of what the jackpot prize was. I became curious and searched for some coins in my bag to see if I could also play” said the winner.

The young winner, who manually selected her numbers, spent only R5 on her winning ticket that she bought at Victor and Son’s café in Roodepoort.

Speaking to ITHUBA, the winner said that she was renting a back room in Soweto. “Sometimes, I could not always afford rent so my brother would always assist me”.

The winner, who is a blue-collar worker, says she has been yearning to be fully involved in her children’s everyday life for years now. “My 4 children have been staying with my mother back at home, and I have never been able to spend as much time with them as I wish since I had to work in Johannesburg. I am mostly grateful that this money will give me an opportunity to raise my children, to be able to take them to school and have the pleasure of preparing a scrumptious meal that they can enjoy when they get back from school, something that I’ve been wishing for, for a long time.” she said.

The winner received trauma counselling and financial advice which ITHUBA offers to winners of R50 000 and above for free. “Judging by the amount of time the winner spent with both the psychologist and the financial advisor, we are confident that she will make sound financial decisions that will secure her family’s future for generations to come” said Busisiwe Msizi, head of corporate relations at ITHUBA.

ITHUBA treated the winner to a five-star hotel stay in Gauteng. “The winner was in complete disbelief when she saw her room. She said in Isizulu: ‘umbhede wami ngempela lona, omkhulu kangaka!’(which means, ‘is this big bed really mine’)” said Msizi.

The winner said in addition to buying her own house, she wants to build her mother a big house that she will comfortably live in. She would also like to buy herself a stylish car but first needs to learn how to drive and obtain her driver’s license as soon as possible.

“I can’t wait to drive past my ex-boyfriend in my new car. He will probably faint when he sees me waving at him. He broke up with me because I was broke and didn’t have a fancy job” she said jokingly.

The winner, who will not be returning to her job, says her new life has begun.

This PowerBall jackpot has rolled 19 times before it got hit. It is the 6^th highest jackpot to ever be won in the history of the South African National Lottery, the highest one being R232 Million that was won in February 2019.