South African Lottery

14th October 2008 9:20 AM

The South African National Lottery was launched in the year 2000 and is by far the most popular form of gambling in South Africa. In the year 2007 the transactions on the South African Lottery totalled R3.97 Billion and there is an average of five million transactions per week.
 

The South African National Lottery has produced 811 millionaires to date and 273,496,235 winners in total since its launch. There has been much discussion about the social impact of the game with it reported that 27% of lottery tickets sold to unemployed citizens. 82% of South Africans play the Lottery on a weekly basis and the average South African wagers R81 a month on the Lottery.

 Click here to buy South Africa Lottery tickets and to view the latest results

The South African Lottery has quickly become an important part of South African Culture and assists the South African economy, creating over 50,000 jobs in the country and giving a massive 34% of revenue to good causes across the country.

The Lottery isn’t the first lottery in the country’s history. The Ciskei homeland lottery was founded in 1984 but abolished in the 1990’s. A Transkei homeland lottery started in 1989 was operated by the company ‘Score-a-lot’. Then the first major was launched in South Africa, The Nato lottery or the KZN Lottery as it was often referred was launched in 1992 and during eight years of operation raised R869 million, paying R345 Million to good causes and R448 in prize money, this lottery was replaced by the South African National Lotto 6/49 that is played by millions today.

How to Play

The South African National Lottery main draw is called Lotto 6/49 and as the name implies you must choose 6 out of a 49 possible numbers, to win the jackpot you must match all 6 numbers to the 6 numbers drawn in the main draw. Tickets for the South African National Lottery cost R2.50 and in addition to choosing your own numbers there is also a quickpick option where the lottery terminal choose the numbers for you.
The Lottery also offers a Lotto Plus option where you can get a second chance to win for an additional cost. To play Lotto plus you need to mark off the Lotto plus option on your game card.

World Lottery News homepage