A Carletonville player has become the latest millionaire from winning a lottery after spending R10 on a ticket and winning a whooping R8,129,457.60.
The operator of the national lottery Ithuba says they paid out a staggering R8,129,457.60 to one winner.
The winning ticket was purchased at Bargain House Driefontein, East Driefontein Centre, East Park Crescent, Carletonville, Gauteng.
The ticket remains unclaimed as no player has pitched up.
“We hope that the winner will make contact with us soon. We encourage all players, especially those from the Carletonville region who recently visited Bargain House Driefontein, to check their tickets. Once the winner comes forward, the first step will be to validate the winning ticket and offer the winner free trauma counselling and financial advice, as we do with all winners of R50,000 and above. Our main priority is to help the winner digest the news and for them to enjoy every step of this life-changing win,” said Busisiwe Msizi, head of corporate relations at Ithuba.
Players have been coming forward since the lockdown entered level 4 and level 3. The lottery paid out R16.8m to a winner in the May 16 lotto draw.
Msizi says they are still waiting or a PowerBall jackpot winner — who won a staggering R135m with an April 28th ticket to come forward to claim the winnings.
The lottery also said they will be expending expiry terms an ticket that were supposed to expire during the lockdown from March 27 and June 1, will have their life extended until the end of October.
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