1 Lotto Player Bags Over R10M, South Africa Questions Frequency of Winners

• A lucky lotto player in South Africa is officially a millionaire after playing the right numbers
• One of the latest lotto draws indicated that tens of millions are due to just one person in the country
• Online users shared their thoughts on the recent big win to come out of South Africa's national lottery

Another South African lotto player became a multi-millionaire overnight. The lucky winner is due to receive multiple millions after taking a chance.

The latest big winner of the Lotto Plus 1 draw secured a life-changing amount of cash. South Africans shared their thoughts on the latest winner.

South Africa's lottery announced that someone won R11,276,926 in the Lotto Plus 1 draw. The player matched six numbers to win the large cash prize. On 3 September, the winning numbers were 20, 31, 36, 46, 49, 50 and bonus ball, 51. The second biggest winner of the Lotto Plus 1 draw bagged R144,356. The Lotto Plus 2 draw indicated that someone won R134,491 for matching five numbers: 03, 13, 21, 31, 48, 51 and bonus ball, 09.

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South Africa congratulates winner

People commenting on the latest lotto win were convinced that lotto winners had become more frequent lately. Reports of corruption in the National Lottery Commission fuel peeps' doubts about the lotto winnings. Celebrities Terry Pheto and the late Presley Chweneyagae were part of the corruption allegations in the NLC. The actors were reportedly part of a fraud involving funds in the NLC.

Netizens commented in disbelief that a lotto winner received millions of rands weeks after another on 25 August 2025. Briefly News reported on the winner who eventually stepped forward to claim R40 million. Despite reports of lotto winners sharing their stories, people still expressed doubt about the winner of R11 million.

@MalulekNhlamulo demanded:

"We said live draws."

"@swissbliss692 said:

"Shame 😂 you're not beating the allegations 😂🤞🏾"

@TellUnknown expressed suspicion:

"So now people are winning weekly."

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@RoxRonza commented:

"I've never seen a lottery being won every week apart from South Africa, of course. We must be a country that is blessed with winners."

@phestahiver questioned the massive win:

"So 100% of the time, onr person wins the jackpot?"

@Lindiwe41374810 said:

"So now lotto is being won every day."

@Zwelakhe_ceo wrote:

"Every week. Last time it was once every three months."

@Reggie063 was unimpressed by the lotto win:

"Someone is winning every week. You are starting to prove us right."

@Blose_wise wondered:

"Out of millions of people who played those 52 numbers on your board, but only one guessed those 6 winning numbers?"

Other Briefly News stories about lotto winners

• South Africa was happy for an art teacher who made it big with a massive lotto win worth millions.
• A Mpumalanga man who won an unbelievable sum with the lotto promised that he would give a portion to charity,
• Online users were inspired by a woman who won the lotto after surviving on one income with her unemployed husband.
• Mzansi was touched by a self-employed mother who bagged the lottery and shared how her life changed after the big win.

Source: Briefly News