When Ithuba was awarded the country’s third lottery licence the company made a bold declaration to reinvigorate the South African National Lottery, and also bring innovation and fun back into the lottery.
In keeping in line with this vision, Ithuba hosted a media launch last night at its offices in Sandton, Johannesburg, where the new RAFFLE game was launched. The game, a first of its kind in the South African National Lottery’s portfolio, promises excitement and enticing prizes.

The RAFFLE game theme will vary from season-to-season. The new Christmas RAFFLE game guarantees that 15 lucky jackpot winners will each walk away with an exclusive top of the range Mercedes-Benz C-Class Cabriolet. The Mercedes-Benz C-Class has a sporty classy look with unmeasurable quality, comfort and solidity.

A further 45 second division winners will each walk away with R100 000 in cash, with 500 third division winners walking away with R10 000 each and 1000 fourth division winners getting R1 000 each.
RAFFLE is an on-line game that utilises a computerised terminal to record sales and also to validate prize claims. Participants may enter the game by buying a RAFFLE ticket retailing at R20 each. Players cannot pick their own numbers as all tickets for the RAFFLE are generated through a “Quick Play” system. The ticket number selection is made on a random basis by a random number generator and will be issued in a sequential order.

This game follows Ithuba’s CEO, Charmaine Mabuza, commitment to offer players with continuously fresh and exciting games across the National Lottery brand. “Enhanced consumer experience and engagement is what we’ve always wanted to bring to the National Lottery, and we are confident that with this game we will achieve just that”, said Mabuza.

“In the short space of time that Ithuba has been operating the National Lottery, we have 94 millionaires and over 70 million winners across all games. With the launch of RAFFLE, we are announcing to the South African public that we remain dedicated to renewing games and in the process setting a new benchmark for the South African lottery,” concluded Mabuza.

Sales for the game will start this Sunday, 30 October 2016 and only two million tickets will be made available. Ticket sales will close 30 December 2016 with a draw set to take place on the same day. Tickets for the game can be purchased at any existing National Lottery outlet.

The RAFFLE game is the third game that Ithuba has launched since taking over the operating licence 16 months ago, making it a total of seven games in the Ithuba product portfolio.

After a successful inaugural RAFFLE game launch last year in the National Lottery game category, ITHUBA is excited to announce the Millionaires RAFFLE, which went live on Sunday, 26 March 2017.

ITHUBA had promised Lottery players that it would launch a second RAFFLE game in the second quarter of the year with even better prizes than before, and the Lottery operator is doing just that with the new millionaires RAFFLE.
Breaking the records in South Africa, once again, the game will see 12 winners becoming millionaires in one day. The new RAFFLE game guarantees that 12 lucky jackpot winners will each walk away with R1 million cash all in the same draw. A further 30 second division winners will each win R100 000, with 500 third division winners taking home R10 000 each and a 1 000 division four winners receiving a R1 000 each.

“Ithuba is proud to be launching yet another RAFFLE game for the South African market, and with the success of our Christmas RAFFLE where we sold out all 2 million tickets that were made available, we anticipate that we will sell out sooner than the draw date. We encourage all South Africans to take part in this game which promises much better chances of becoming a millionaire than any other game in our game portfolio”, says Khensani Mabuza, Marketing Manager, ITHUBA.

“At Ithuba, we remain dedicated to renewing games and in the process setting a new benchmark for the South African Lottery,” concluded Mabuza.

The tickets for the RAFFLE game are currently on sale, and only 2 million tickets have been made available, at R20 each. Tickets for the game can be purchased at any National Lottery retailer nationwide and sales will close on 27 May 2017 at 8:30pm with a draw set to take place on the same day at 9:30pm.

RAFFLE is an on-line game that utilises a computerised terminal to record sales and validate prize claims. Players cannot pick their own numbers as all tickets for the RAFFLE are generated through a “Quick Play” system. The ticket number selection is made on a random basis by a random number generator and will be issued in sequential order.