A player from Garies, a small agricultural town in the Northern Cape, is the latest multi-millionaire after winning R 8, 913, 492.90 LOTTO PLUS 2 jackpot from Wednesday’s draw 2254. The ticket was purchased at OK Grocer. 

ITHUBA would like to encourage players to check their tickets and to approach the Northern Cape regional office, to process their winnings. 

“We congratulate our latest winner, as they have won an amount above R50 000, we will support them through a team of financial advisors and psychologists, who will debrief him or her. 

“Winning large amounts of money may cause a form of trauma or shock, as for our financial advisors, they are there to guide our winners and advise them of the different investment portfolios or opportunities,” – Charmaine Mabuza, ITHUBA CEO 

Meanwhile, ITHUBA is excited to announce the next big estimated LOTTO jackpot of 

R61 million. Imagine your life changing through becoming a multi-millionaire this Saturday 13 August 2022 like our recent winner. Phanda Pusha Play your tickets which can be purchased from participating retailers, on nationallottery.co.za, using the National Lottery Mobile App, or participating banks namely FNB, ABSA, Nedbank, and Standard Bank or via USSD by dialling *120*7529# . 

Players must be 18 years and older. 

ITHUBA is the proud operator of the National Lottery. 

Following the highly publicised estimated PowerBall jackpot draw from Tuesday, 19 July 2022, a Pretoria man has come forward to claim the life-changing jackpot prize.  The winner played the game through the FNB App with a wager of R150 and selected his own numbers.

While he works in the finance industry, he has no plans to quit his day job, despite winning such a significant amount.

“I have no plans to make big changes to my life-style, everything will still be normal, perhaps I may just buy a car and a house only.

“I do plan on paying off debt and investing the rest of the money,” said the winner.

He had checked his numbers in the morning after the jackpot draw, however when contacted by FNB, the winner ignored the number and assumed it must have been one of the telemarketing companies calling to sell something to him.  When he did eventually answer the call, that was when he believed that he was the winner as the bank officials verified his details on the call.

“I was excited, extremely happy.  I have playing the lottery games since my days in university, so it has been many years, and this is the first time I won any jackpot,” added the winner.

“People need to understand that the odds of winning the lottery are very high, you will never know when it will be your turn to win, now I know that winning is possible.

“ITHUBA congratulates the latest multi-millionaire, and we wish him well on his new-found wealth,

“All winners are offered trauma counselling from our psychologists, as well as financial advice from registered financial advisors.” ITHUBA CEO, Charmaine Mabuza.

Players must be 18 years and older.

ITHUBA is the proud operator of the National Lottery.

One very lucky winner woke up this morning as a multi-millionaire after playing PowerBall on Tuesday, 19 July 2022, winning R99,983,308.10 from the PowerBall draw 1320.  The winner picked their own numbers and played with a wager of R150. It is worth noting that South Africa went abuzz with excitement on Tuesday at the prospect of winning the estimated PowerBall jackpot. Social media users reminisced on their favourite winner stories from the past, while others shared stories of what they would do if they won the jackpot.

As the winner played on the FNB APP, he or she will be will notified via SMS and then will be contacted directly by FNB. The winner will then need to come through to the ITHUBA offices to claim their winnings.  All winners of R50 000 and above are required to bring their proof of identity, their winning ticket or bank notification on their phone, as well as proof of banking details.  This is for verification and quality control processes within ITHUBA.  The winnings are then transferred to the player’s account within 48 hours.

Over the past weekend, two lucky players also bagged multi-millions in jackpots from the PowerBall PLUS draw on Friday, 15 July 2022; as well as the LOTTO PLUS 1 draw that took place on Saturday, 16 July 2022. 

On PowerBall PLUS, the player bought their ticket at Shoprite Checkers in Soweto, Gauteng, with a wager of R45 via the quick pick selection.  This player won R13,909,149.80.

The LOTTO PLUS 1 winner from draw number 2247, won R4,623,303.30. This lucky winner bought their ticket at Boxer Superstores in Pinetown, Kwa Zulu Natal with a wager of R15 via the manual selection.

ITHUBA congratulates the latest winner and cannot wait to take them through the ‘winner service’’ process, which entails the offer of trauma counselling from qualified psychologists, as winning amounts of this magnitude may be overwhelming for our winners.  The team of accredited financial advisors are also available to take the winner through various investment portfolios and to guide them through the process managing their new-found wealth.

“We are excited to offer life changing jackpots and to continue to create multi-millionaires.  ITHUBA congratulates the latest multi–millionaires jackpot winners” – Charmaine Mabuza, ITHUBA CEO.

 All National Lottery winnings are tax free. 

Players must be 18 years and older.

ITHUBA is the proud operator of the National Lottery.