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Why bother entering the lottery if you plan on continuing to live modestly and remain employed?

Hidden behind that cheque for R99 983 308,10 (forgive me for rounding up to R100 million) is South Africa’s latest rand centimillionaire.

The Pretoria man, who has chosen to remain anonymous, spent R150 on the FNB app and selected his own numbers ahead of the draw on Tuesday, July 19.

I applaud the desire to remain anonymous because you can bet every distant relative and tjommie is going to come a-knocking, but I simply cannot get on board with his overly cautious approach to spending his newfound wealth.

To reiterate our stance, here at 2oceansvibe, we are firm believers in the fact that anybody who wins a substantial amount in a lottery should immediately cease working.

You can choose your own exit plan but mine involves a brief message explaining that any form of employment is beneath me.

Regarding the PowerBall winner, this comes via the official National Lottery press release:

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 lifestyle, 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.”

Much like that 67-year-old Ballito businessman who won the R167 million PowerBall jackpot in February, where’s the fun in that?

Rather give the money to someone who intends to make terrible life choices so that we at least get a Showmax series out of it down the line.

The Pretoria man said he first ignored an incoming call from FNB because he thought it was likely a telemarketing call.

When he did eventually answer the call, that was when he believed 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 university days, so it has been many years, and this is the first time I won any jackpot,” added the winner.

He went on to say that “people need to understand that the odds of winning the lottery are very high”. Sure, I buy tickets every week and spend hours dreaming of a life of leisure, but I’m not sure I would call my odds of winning “very high”.

Once more, we must implore all future winners of lottery jackpots to do the right thing and begin living the holiday immediately.

Unlike paying your TV licence, it’s the right thing to do.

[source:natlottery]