The latest SPORTSTAKE 13 winner has scored the jackpot of R1 135 259.20! Still in utter disbelief, the 50-year-old from Joubertina in the Eastern Cape said the thought of building a home for his children excited him.
Accompanied by his 19-year-old son to the Ithuba offices, the winner said he still could not believe that at long last, lady luck had favoured him. Spending R8.00 on his winning ticket, the winner said he usually spends an average of R250 a month on POWERBALL and LOTTO but has never won anything from any of the games. He did not expect his luck to change when he started playing SPORTSTAKE 13 a few weeks ago.
“Last month I was curious about how to play SPORTSTAKE 13, so I asked my neighbour to explain the game to me. I started playing the game recently and prefer choosing the PROPICK option, as it matches more games than when I play the manual selection,” he explained.
The father of 7 said that building a home for his children has always been a dream of his as he currently lives with his sister and her children; adding that when the whole family comes to visit around the festive season, the 1 bedroom house gets too crowded.
“I’ve always imagined myself waking up in my own house with all of my children. It has always been a dream of mine to build a decent home and live with all of my children under one roof, now I can finally make that dream a reality.” he said.
Having been out of work since February this year, the excited winner said life has been difficult for him and his family financially. He said he depended on the local contracting company which called him when work was available.
“Although I haven’t told people about my new fortune, most people from my home town already know because of the advertising of where the jackpot was won. We play as a group and everyone who has checked their tickets have confirmed that they didn’t win,” he added.
Reminiscing about the day he found out that he won from the shop where he played, the winner said at first he was confused because he was told to go to the Ithuba offices. He said he was excited but plans to remain humble and continue playing SPORTSTAKE 13.
