Diabetic pensioner flying high after R57m Lotto jackpot bonanza
HER lifelong dream of boarding an airplane will become reality after winning the R56 999 176 Lotto jackpot.
“I have always daydreamed about getting on a plane to Cape Town, so much so that I used to jokingly tell my children that if I win the Lotto, I will get on a flying machine so I know what it feels like,” said the overjoyed Limpopo pensioner.
As a diabetic patient, the 63-yearold said she could now access the best health-care facilities and planned to buy a family car so she didn’t have to worry about commuting to the doctor.
The new multi-millionaire said that she would use her money to fix her house as the roof was caving in, and that she also intended to build each of her children a house.
“I come from a mountainous village in Limpopo and the roads are bad. I will use some of the money to build a road in the community,” she said.
The winner said that since she started playing the lottery, she had never had a method to choosing her numbers. She had chosen her winning numbers randomly, as she usually did.
She said that she regarded her luck as a blessing from the heavens, considering that she has been playing for almost six years, but the most amount of money she has ever won was R50.
Ithuba said the woman was accompanied to its offices by her husband, children and a grandchild.
Her eldest daughter explained how she helped her mother play Lotto on Wednesdays and Saturdays and Powerball on Tuesdays and Fridays.
“Once my mother has selected her numbers, I go to the shop and play on her behalf.
“In the evenings I stay up with her to watch the draw show, and tell her the numbers, as her eyesight is deteriorating.
“When I realised that all her numbers were drawn on Wednesday, I was too excited to sleep. We stayed up the whole night dancing and singing,” she said.