Hebanna: Lucky Durban resident has won themselves a whopping R74 million and doesn’t even know it yet

Hebanna: Lucky Durban resident has won themselves a whopping R74 million and doesn’t even know it yet

  • The National Lottery Ithuba announced that someone from Durban, KwaZulu-Natal has won R74 155 218.50
  • The lucky person is urged to cash in their ticket soon and follow the necessary processes to claim their tax-free winnings
  • Ithuba CEO Charmaine Mabuza is delighted that someone won the Powerball and can’t wait for them to claim it

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Powerball made someone from Durban, KwaZulu-Natal R74 155 218.50 richer last night. If you got a Powerball ticket and live in Durban, get that thing checked!

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R7.5m Powerball jackpot winner has less than 30 days to claim their prize. Image: Getty Images
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Often people play the lottery so often, and lose so much, that the urgency to check their tickets gets less and less. But this is a reminder to not be complacent, you could be a winner.

IOL News reported that the lucky person has between 48 to 72 hours after presenting the winning ticket to claim their tax-free winnings.

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National Lottery Ithuba urges the person to find their nearest National Lottery regional office to process their winnings. They look forward to changing someone's life.

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“Following a series of roll-overs, it is with great excitement and pleasure for the Ithuba team to welcome the latest PowerBall Plus multi-millionaire.
“As always, the team looks forward to providing our winner with exceptional service and helping him/her into their new normal," said Ithuba CEO Charmaine Mabuza.

We hope the person comes forward soon and pray their life changes in the most magical way and that all this money is put to good use.

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A 57-year-old geologist who betted twice on the same numbers in the Lotto Plus has walked away with a double jackpot.

The anonymous man won a total of R803 434.20 in the April 14 draw. It's reported the winner used a banking app to play and opted for the manual selection of his lucky winning numbers.

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Denika Herbst (Editor) Denika Herbst is a Human Interest writer at Briefly News. She is also an Industrial Sociologist with a master's degree in Industrial Organisational and Labour Studies from the University of Kwa-Zulu Natal, which she completed in 2020. She is now a PhD candidate at UKZN. Denika has over five years of experience writing for Briefly News (joined in 2018), and a short time writing for The South African. You can reach her via: denika.herbst@briefly.co.za.

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