Unemployed Johannesburg Mother Wins Lotto PowerBall Jackpot, Bags R75 Million

Unemployed Johannesburg Mother Wins Lotto PowerBall Jackpot, Bags R75 Million

  • One lotto ticket has changed an unemployed mother's life forever - she intends to buy a mansion and invest in her children's education
  • The woman plays Lotto occasionally because she cannot afford a ticket and only discovered she won a week ago
  • This is the most significant prize money to be won this year, and the R75 million has changed the woman's life forever

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Unemployed woman bags R75 Million. Images: File.
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The life of an unemployed woman in Johannesburg has changed forever. The lady, who only played the Lotto occasionally when she could afford to, won the massive jackpot on 17 March.

According to TimesLive, the woman picked her numbers with her husband and would only play the Lotto when she could afford to.

The lady said:

“When I checked the results at home and I realised that I had won, I became very excited. I was always hopeful that I would one day win the jackpot,” she said.

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According to IOL, the National Lottery Ithuba said the winner purchased her ticket at Spar Kingfisher. She kept her winning ticket safely in her bag until she handed it to Ithuba's office to claim her winnings.

After claiming her prize, the lady said:

“Now that I have won the PowerBall jackpot, I am looking forward to living comfortably. I am going to buy a house and invest in my children’s education.”

Ithuba CEO Charmaine Mabuza congratulated the winner. She said:

"The exciting times continue for us at Ithuba with the new PowerBall multimillionaire winning the highest jackpot of 2023 so far. We congratulate the most recent winner and hope to share this experience with future winners."

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In other jackpot winner stories, Briefly News reported of a businessman who also won big in the Lotto Powerball Plus.

The Johannesburg man won a staggering R60 million. However, his win upset many people in South Africa, with many saying that the Lotto was just a scam.

People claimed that only the rich were winning big and not the people who needed it to change their lives around.

However, the national lottery encouraged people to keep playing and keep trying. They would never know when it would be their lucky day.

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Trisha Pillay (Weekend current affairs editor) Trisha Pillay is a Current Affairs writer at Briefly News. She has a degree in Journalism from the University of Johannesburg and an Honours degree in International Politics from UNISA. She joined ENCA straight out of varsity and completed an internship at the channel. Pillay later went on to cover politics, crime, entertainment, and current affairs at the Citizen Newspaper. She joined Newzroom Afrika in 2019 and became a senior bulletin editor for shows focused on politics and current affairs on the channel. She joined Briefly News in 2023. You can contact her at trisha.pillay@briefly.co.za

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