Winner of 2nd Biggest Lotto Jackpot in History Yet to Claim Multimillion Cash Prize

Winner of 2nd Biggest Lotto Jackpot in History Yet to Claim Multimillion Cash Prize

  • The National Lottery recently announced that one lotto player has won millions of rands in a historic lotto draw
  • Ithuba detailed the winnings and explained the protocol of how those who played the lotto on a banking app get their prize money
  • The CEO of the national lottery discussed one of the biggest lottery winnings today in South Africa

A lucky South African is officially a multimillionaire. The lotto player participated in one of the highest jackpot draws and won.

Lotto player wins historic cash prize
The second-biggest lotto jackpot has a winner and Ithuba shared details about their win. Images: Dejan Marjanovic / Askhamdesign
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Ithuba's CEO Charmaine Mabuza discussed the significance of the latest lotto jackpot in getting a winner. The national lottery explained the protocol for alerting winners who played through banking apps.

Lucky winner bags R103 million lotto prize

According to IOL, one lucky person won the second-highest lotto jackpot in South Africa. The winner of R103 million has not yet claimed the prize after playing on the Capitec banking app. The National Lottery explained that the bank contacts winners who win more than R249,000, otherwise, the amount would be automatically deposited into their account.

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Ithuba CEO celebrate millionaire

Charmaine Mabuza shared that the Ithuba organisation was excited to give away the second-highest lotto jackpot. She said:

"We are incredibly excited to have created yet another multimillionaire. We cannot wait to meet this winner and walk this remarkable transformative journey with them.”

SA welcomes art teacher's plans with R43M Powerball winnings

Briefly News previously reported that winning the lottery is a life-changing experience that opens doors for people to turn their dreams into achievements. After winning R43,158,330.10 playing Powerball on her banking app, an art teacher can now turn her lifelong goals into a reality.

The National Lottery Ithuba announced that the winner of last Friday's (11 October 2024) Powerball game was an art teacher who played on her ABSA banking platform.

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The unknown woman, who has played for some time, shared that she used the same numbers with every game. She also shared that she was on her way from work when ABSA called her on Monday, 14 October, to inform her to check her lotto ticket as she had won.

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