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.

IMAGINE what your festive season could look like with a R20 million and R35 million cash injection?
Ithuba, National Lottery operator, has raised the stakes this week with PowerBall PLUS and has put up a R20 million Guaranteed Jackpot for lottery players. The draw for this incredible guaranteed jackpot is Tuesday, 25 October 2016. Ticket sales close 30 minutes before the draw.

To walk away with the R20 million windfall, a lucky player will have to match all five numbers and the PowerBall number in the PowerBall PLUS game. The winner, without a doubt, will instantly become SA’s newest multi-millionaire.

PowerBall PLUS has already recorded over 16 million winners across all divisions and created 11 jackpot millionaire winners. Will you be joining Ithuba’s millionaire list?
As if the PowerBall PLUS Guaranteed Jackpot is not enough, the PowerBall jackpot is estimated at a huge R35 million for tomorrow’s draw.

To stand a chance at winning this impressive jackpot make sure you buy your ticket at the many available channels, such as the National Lottery e-commerce website on www.nationallottery.co.za, lottery retailers nationwide and mobile device channels such as FLASH, Kazang, and A2PAY which are popular among the informal market.
Powerball and Powerball Plus draws are broadcast live on e.tv at 9pm on Tuesday and Friday evenings while ticket sales close 30 minutes before every draw. Players need to be 18 years or older to play.
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Ithuba is pleased with the Pretoria High Court’s decision to dismiss Gidani’s application for leave to appeal with costs. Gidani’s latest application is a sequel to a number of unsuccessful attempts by them to claim an entitlement to operate the National Lottery.
Ithuba’s CEO, Mrs Charmaine Mabuza, stated that: “Ithuba operates as a world class operator and has brought back the fun and excitement for players of the National Lottery. Ithuba’s gaming portfolio has already contributed over R1 billion to the National Lottery Distribution Trust Fund (NLDTF). Ithuba promised to invigorate the Lottery and increase player participation by offering higher rewards.  To date there have been over 500 million tickets sold and more than R2.4 billion has been paid out to all winners. Ithuba is delighted that the National Lottery is seeing increasing player participation. “

DESPITE having already created 85 millionaires in just over a year, lottery operator, Ithuba, has also raised more than R1-billion towards good causes.

The SA Rio Olympics team which recently returned from Brazil with 10 medals was among the beneficiaries. This was South Africa’s best ever performance at the games since re-admission into major world sporting events.
The SA Paralympic team, currently competing in Rio and raising the SA flag high also benefitted from the allocations towards good causes. The National Lotteries Commission spent R2.4-billion supporting more than 3000 projects between June 2015 and June 2016. Ithuba has contributed R1.1-billion towards that expenditure.
The South African Sport Confederation and Olympic Committee, Athletics South Africa and The Sports Trust were among the 18 beneficiaries in various sectors, including education, arts and culture, to have been financially supported by the NLC recently.

Ithuba had raised the money in just 12 months of operating the lottery since it was awarded the third national lottery licence. Ithuba hit the ground running as it has already modified all lottery games making them more appealing and exciting.

Ithuba’s unmatched bold lottery offering has already ensured that players win often, as a result 132 jackpots have been won across all lottery games. This includes a total of 47 Lotto jackpots where winners took home R1-million-plus while the popular Powerball game, known for its bigger jackpots, has already produced 18 millionaires.
Second opportunity games, the Lotto Plus and Powerball Plus have also produced 12 and 8 millionaires respectively. More than 500-million lottery tickets have been sold across the country and payouts amounting to more than R100-billion have been made.