Monday 22 January – Johannesburg – National Lottery announced its highest LOTTO jackpot since 2015, at a record estimated R100 million for the upcoming Wednesday 24 January draw.
“The LOTTO sits at an estimated R100 million a record breaking amount for ITHUBA,” says Khensani Mabuza, Head of Marketing: ITHUBA. “We are very excited as this is in keeping with our promise to our players of bigger jackpots more often and we are calling on all South Africans to go out and play,” she says.
The highest LOTTO jackpot payouts since 2015 are as below:
- 04 November 2017 winner from the Eastern Cape won R 50 795 986,30
- 22 April 2017 winner from Kwazulu Natal won R 34 494 651, 00
- 30 July 2016 winner from KwaZulu Natal won R 35 244 363, 50
“We recently announced a PowerBall winner of just over R70 million,” says Mabuza. “ In 2016, we paid out our highest PowerBall jackpot amount of R87 million to a school teacher in Limpopo. ITHUBA is now looking at making the same happen for our LOTTO players.”
“You can only win if you play, so visit our National Lottery website, or the banking channels and National Lottery retailers, and change your tomorrow today!” concludes Mabuza.
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About Ithuba Winner Services
Because we understand that winning the lottery is both a very exciting and potentially overwhelming experience. It is with this in mind that Ithuba established the Winner Services department, which offers a number of complimentary services to people with winnings above R50 000. The aim is to equip our winners with tools to best invest their winnings and to cope with this sudden life-changing event. Winner Services include:
- Safeguarding winners identities
- Financial advice
- Estate planning
- Legal advice and
- Trauma and Emotional Counselling.
About Ithuba
Ithuba Holdings Proprietary “(RF), is the official operator of the National Lottery in South Africa from 1 June 2015. Ithuba will reinvigorate the National Lottery through optimising the consumer experience, restoring faith and trust in the National Lottery, and showcasing its positive social contribution to our society. Ithuba, proudly rooted in South Africa, is intent on contributing positively and actively to socio-economic development through the ethical and efficient operation of the National Lottery, and setting the benchmark for Lottery operations in SA and beyond.
