In 2020, one anonymous player was able to win more than R153 million in a lottery run by operator Ithuba.  Busisiwe Msizi, Head of Corporate Relations at ITHUBA, said in a statement that they are “thrilled to have another major jackpot winner”, and adds: “We encourage all our players who played PowerBall PLUS to check […]

When choosing a lottery, one assesses two main parameters – the value of the super prize and the probability of winning. These values are inversely related to each other: the greater the probability of winning, the smaller the super-prize, and vice versa. The formula is simple: if the lottery is won often, the big super-prizes […]

Sometimes prayer can help you win a big prize. At least it did the trick in the story of an anonymous lottery winner in a recent lottery. The anonymous player won R314,000 after placing a R15 bet on the outcome of the lottery.  The winner said the money came at the right time: “The past […]

These people are probably the luckiest people in Britain. Meet the winners of the National Lottery draws over the last 25 years. They were recently brought together to celebrate the success and growth of the UK National Lottery. So where did they spend their winnings? 1995: Elaine Thompson, 63, of Killingworth, Tyne and Wear, won […]