South African National Lottery

The National Lottery has a variety of games to play and win money and the current games are:

Lotto and Lotto Plus coupon 2015 - present

Players buy tickets with their choice of six different numbers between 1 and 52; there is provision for random numbers to be generated automatically for those who do not wish to choose, known as Quick Pick.

When introduced, the LOTTO jackpot draw required numbers from 1 to 49. Ithuba Holdings increased the number from 49 to 52 on 30 July 2017.[14]

In the draw, six numbered balls are drawn without replacement from a set of 52 balls numbered from 1 to 52. A further Bonus Ball is also drawn, which affects only players who match five numbers.

Prizes are awarded to players who match at least three of the six drawn numbers, with prizes increasing for matching more of the drawn numbers. All players who match all six drawn numbers win equal shares of the jackpot; the chance of doing so is 1 in 20,358,520. If four, five, or six balls are matched, the relevant prize is divided equally between all who match that many balls. If no player matches all six numbers, the jackpot is added to that of the next Lotto draw—a Rollover.

The entry fee to the LOTTO draw is set at R5.00 per board.

The draw is conducted on Wednesdays and Saturdays on SABC 2 at 20:56.

LOTTO PLUS 1 is exactly the same as LOTTO, but gives the player a second chance to win. When buying a LOTTO ticket, the player must pay an extra R2.50 per board to enter the LOTTO PLUS 1 draw. Odds are the same, while prizes are usually slightly lower.

LOTTO PLUS was introduced on 26 November 2003.

The draw is conducted on Wednesdays and Saturdays on SABC 2 at 20:56.

LOTTO PLUS 2 is exactly the same as LOTTO, but gives the player a third chance to win. When buying a LOTTO ticket, the player must pay an extra R2.50 per board to enter the LOTTO PLUS 2 draw. Odds are the same, while prizes are usually slightly lower.

LOTTO PLUS 2 was introduced on 30 July 2017.

The draw is conducted on Wednesdays and Saturdays on SABC 2 at 20:56.

Powerball and Powerball Plus coupon 2015 - present

When introduced, the PowerBall jackpot draw required players to pick five main numbers from 1 to 45 and one 'PowerBall' number from 1 to 20 for an entry fee of R5 per board. Prizes may be won by matching the main numbers, with matches of the PowerBall number winning higher prizes. The top prize of the game is won by matching all five main numbers as well as the PowerBall. Draws take place on Tuesdays and Fridays on Mzansi Magic (Channel 161) and NewzRoom Afrika (DSTV Channel 405) at 20:58.

After 28 November 2015, odds were changed as more possibilities to win were introduced. An example of the recent additions were, if the player matched only the Powerball, he or she would win money, while before, that ticket would not win anything. In addition, the number of main balls was raised from 45 to 50.

The record prize for any Lottery game in South Africa was in PowerBall at R102,016,595. This prize was won in the Free State but never collected. The highest claimed prize was also from PowerBall at R91,068,427

PowerBall PLUS is exactly the same as PowerBall, but gives the player a second chance to win. When buying a PowerBall ticket, the player must pay an extra R2.50 per board to enter the PowerBall PLUS draw. Odds are the same, while prizes are usually slightly lower.

Powerball PLUS was a more recent game added by the National Lottery of South Africa and is currently the newest game. It was introduced on 28 November 2015.

Draws take place on Tuesdays and Fridays on Mzansi Magic (Channel 161) and NewzRoom Afrika (Channel 405) at 20:58.

Players buy tickets with their choice of five different numbers between 1 and 36; Numbers can be selected using a manual or QuickPick selection method at a cost of R3 per board.

There are four prize pools for matching 2, 3, 4 or 5 numbers correctly and if nobody matches 5 balls in a draw, the jackpot rolls down to matching 4 numbers.

The Daily LOTTO was introduced on 10 March 2019[15] and draws take place every night at 21:00, every single day except Christmas Day.

Sportstake coupon 2015–present

A player can play SPORTSTAKE 13 by predicting outcomes of 13 predetermined match fixtures drawn from English and other identified professional soccer fixtures.

For each fixture the player chooses their prediction by marking on the bet slip;

[1] – for a home win

[x] – for a draw

[2] – for a home loss (Away win)

• • You can select a single or multiple outcomes result for each fixture.
  • A valid wager must consist of at least one selection per fixture.
  • A minimum price per wager per board is R2.00 vat incl, and a maximum wager per Betslip is R2000.00
  • Each wager will cost you R2.00 vat incl.
  • You can play PROPICK™ as a quick play option
  • There is no Multi Draw option.
  • SPORTSTAKE 13 fixture results are considered as the final score after 90 minutes of play or after extra time where applicable, however excludes penalty shoot-out.

As well as tickets for the Draw Games, the National Lottery also sells instant win digital scratch cards.

They are digital scratch cards, where a card is compared against a slip and not scratched like traditional scratchcards. These are called 'EAZiWIN and are based on traditional African games.

Cards range from R3 to R5.

Lotto's newest game was announced to launch on 3 December 2016. It will be a daily game with a top prize of R10,000.

Wina Manje was a scratchcard game that consisted of many types of scratch cards. This was replaced by EAZiWIN in 2015.

South African National Lottery announced that there would be a once-off raffle for Christmas 2016. The draw took place on 30 December 2016. It was officially named "Raffle". Prizes included R1,000, R10,000, R100,000, with the top prize being a Mercedes Benz C200 Cabriolet

All National Lottery games can be played online after registering. There are two ways of playing the lotto online.

FNB & Nedbank: LOTTO, LOTTO PLUS 1, LOTTO PLUS 2, PowerBall and PowerBall PLUS are available for play through the bank's apps.

National Lottery website: LOTTO, LOTTO PLUS 1, LOTTO PLUS 2, PowerBall, PowerBall PLUS, Daily Lotto and SPORTSTAKE 13 are available for play through the South African National lottery website.

In 2020 it was reported by GroundUp that people close to senior executives of the National Lottery, including its chairperson Alfred Nevhutanda,[24] had improperly benefited from the charitable distribution fund. The National Lottery responded by initiating criminal charges against the news organisation and a journalist if the stories were not retracted[25] which the National Lottery lost.[26] The stories of corruption and improper benefit resulted in a government investigation of the National Lottery.[27]