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.
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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 Lottery
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.
