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South African Lottery Jackpot pays R20-million - 04-05-09 |
April 5 - For one lucky South African, the evening of Saturday, March 28th will be a night he or she will never forget, because that was the night when they became an instant millionaire after being the sole ticket holder to win the South African National Lottery R20-million jackpot (US$2.2-million).
The mammoth jackpot was part of the National Lottery March Madness promotion, where the bigger-than-usual jackpot was widely advertised across the nation for many weeks before the big draw. The lucky lotto numbers drawn were 12, 18, 19, 20, 31, 37 and the bonus ball was number 4.
According to Gidani, the operator of the National Lottery, sales for last Saturday's lotto draw totaled just over R40-million, while the total prize was R35.3-million. After the lucky ticket holder won the R20-million grand prize, 5 winners with five numbers and the bonus each won R151,498.00.
A total of 161 players each won R10,586.00 with five numbers, 469 players each won R2,018.00 with four numbers and the bonus, 9595 players each won R330.00 with four numbers, 16 167 players each won R128.00 with three numbers and the bonus, and 186 777 players each won R36.00 with three numbers.
This was the South African National Lottery's 863rd draw, and the latest of many instant millionaires it has created since the Saturday draw lotto was launched on March 11th 2000. On October 3rd 2001, a Wednesday draw was introduced. On Wednesday November 25th 2003, LottoPlus was introduced.
The National Lottery's first millionaire was Batsirayi Mupfawi, who won R13, 831, 850) in the fifth draw after the jackpot was rolled over three times. The record for the most lottery sales is R107 million for a draw on Saturday, February 15th 2003. The jackpot was R44.7 million, which was split amongst four winners.
On Saturday, March 15th 2003, 33 players each matched six correct numbers, which is still the highest number of people to share a single National Lottery jackpot, each winning R111,901. In the South African Lottery, the most times that a jackpot can be rolled over from consecutive draws is four.
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