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Someone in Johannesburg needs to pull up their socks and notice their winning lottery ticket so that they can become an overnight bloody multi-millionaire.
In fact, two lucky Saffas are a few million Rands richer after scooping the winning Powerball lottery tickets recently.
Three Saffas won a whopping R44,762,152.47 each from the R131 million Powerball draw, while two won over R17 million from the Powerball Plus draw that took place on April 5.
Powerball said the odds of winning the jackpot are one in 292.2 million, so this guy can seriously consider himself lucky.
To illustrate just how diabolical these perpetrators can be, the NPA is looking into Lottery money intended for an old age home being used to buy an estate in North West, which has since been turned into a boutique hotel.
A US man who thought he’d won $340 million in a lottery is suing the organisers and a website which published his numbers, it has said, by mistake.
This is probably one of the more stark and poignant tales of how money cannot buy you happiness.
Here’s your feel-good (read: jealous) Friday story.
If you partake in the lotto, your October might have kicked off with a R10 million Lotto jackpot.
The current American Powerball (lower case ‘b’, btw) jackpot is sitting pretty at – wait for it – $725 million, or roughly R13,5 billion.
Shame, the winner was so enthralled that he kept his winning ticket under his mattress before he could make his way to the National Lottery Ithuba offices.
Let these optimistic binge-spenders be a cautionary tale if you ever suddenly find yourself with deep pockets.
In order to win, you need to buy a ticket and then match all five white balls, as well as the red Powerball.
The Witbank businessman won precisely R28 219 392 (with an extra 25 cents to boot) and says he sticks with the same method every time he plays.
The latest multimillionaire lottery jackpot winner believes that her spirit of “gratitude and giving” is what sealed the deal.
The Ithuba National Lottery said that the jackpot was won on May 29 last year and the ticket is due to expire this Sunday, May 29.
We’re not here to talk about Joe Thwaite, Britain’s biggest ever EuroMillions winner, who hit the jackpot of £184 million. Rather, his ex-wife has cracked a mention.
It’s not often that, following an unfortunate encounter with a rude person, you end up $10 million richer.
We are firm believers in the fact that anybody who wins a substantial amount in a lottery should immediately cease working.
Not everything in your spam folder is junk. Let that be a lesson because it could mean the difference between millions lost or millions gained.
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