Five, six, seven, eight, nine and “PowerBall” number ten, this is what the winning combination in the national lottery of the southernmost country in Africa looked like. Thanks to it, two dozen players will take home 5.7 million rand, which, in terms of crowns, makes more than 8 million for each of them. Another 79 people missed guessing the number 10 in the same win, and thus won only less than 9,000 crowns.
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“Congratulations to today’s twenty winners of the PowerBall draw,” reads one of the lottery’s posts on Tuesday’s Twitter account on Tuesday. “These numbers may be unexpected, but we see that a lot of players have decided to play with this combination.”
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Congratulations to 20 new multimillionaires who each won over R5 million on the PowerBall jackpot! 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 ???? ???? What will your winning numbers be? Check your tickets now to see if you’re a winner #FestiveYamaMillions pic.twitter.com/7DYpDjTL4R
— #PhandaPushaPlay (@sa_lottery) December 2, 2020
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People’s dissatisfaction and suspicion flooded the internet almost immediately. Many of them considered the draw a fraud, while others did not hesitate to use the term to describe the entire lottery. However, there were also those users who did not question the result: “What is the probability of this? I’m not asking brazenly. I’m interested in the chances. “
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Some even wanted to send Tuesday’s lottery result to court, but the South African National Lottery Commission, which regulates the game, got involved in the disputes. She described the combination of six consecutive numbers as unprecedented and promised to investigate the draw and the circumstances surrounding it.
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“If something goes wrong, we will report it,” a company spokesman Ndivhuho Safel promised after announcing the planned inspection.
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The draw in South Africa is live. It is not uncommon for two players to share a win. However, several winners, as was the case in Tuesday’s round, are extremely rare, writes the British newspaper The Guardian.
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However, this is not the first time for a country in southern Africa; in March 2003, a total of 33 players took part in the possible winnings, according to the local website, which records the already announced results of the draw.
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