A R30 ticket wager and a manual selection of numbers was all it took for a 39 year old man to win the whopping R55 Million PowerBall jackpot from the 4th of June 2019 draw.
The winner, who says he’s a regular Lottery player, recently visited the ITHUBA office in Sandton to claim his new fortune. In the company of his partner and his father-in-law, he told ITHUBA that this windfall would change his life in a big way. “The first thing that I want to do is to invest a large sum of my winnings so I don’t ever have to face financial challenges again. I also want to buy a house where my partner and our two children can live, we have been staying at her parents’ house and I have been longing for us to own a home of our own. One other important wish I have been hoping to fulfill, is to pursue tertiary education. Now that I can afford to, I plan to register the first chance I get.”
The winner says he will donate some money to close family and relatives to help improve their lives as well. He accepted the financial advice and trauma counselling that ITHUBA offers to all winners of R50, 000 and above.
Players can purchase PowerBall tickets from participating retailers, the National Lottery website, Mobile App or participating banking channels at any time before 8:30pm on the day of the draw.
