Mobile app Lotto winner

R6 483 828.80: EAST RAND MAN IN BIG WIN FOR R100 OUTLAY ON QUICKPICK

Not resigning from work and not planning to change his lifestyle.

Aman from the East Rand is the winner of the R6 483 828.80 Lotto jackpot from the October 2019 draw, making him the latest instant millionaire.

Since the beginning of the year, the National Lottery has paid over R2.7 billion in winnings.

The winner, a husband and a father of two teenagers, bought his Lotto ticket via the National Lottery mobile app, with a wager of R100 and a QuickPick selection.

Speaking to Ithuba, he said he logged on to check the previous night’s draw results and matched the first four numbers. It was only later in the day when he went to his local supermarket to validate his ticket that he realised that he had won the jackpot.

The only people he told about his winnings were his wife and two children. Asked what he plans to do with his new fortune, he says he is not resigning from his current work and is not planning to change his current lifestyle.

He also plans to pay off all his debt and live a debt-free life, make sure that his children’s education is taken care of and the rest he will invest after being offered free financial advice and trauma counselling from Ithuba which, he says, was very helpful as he was not sure how and where he was going to invest his winnings. His advice to other winners is to take up the free financial advice offered as it will help them live a more financially sustainable life.

Being an advocate of charitable work, especially working with the homeless, he says the winnings will be able to bring joy to many over the festive season as he will be donating some of the winnings to a local homeless shelter in his community.

Asked if he plans to play the Lotto again, he says he will take a week’s break from playing, but will be back at playing via the National Lottery mobile app.

“We are very excited that our jackpot winner used the National Lottery mobile app to play. We have seen a significant growth in players using the National Lottery app. Players are no longer restricted to purchasing their tickets in retail stores. They can now enjoy their favorite lottery games in the comfort of their homes,” says Khensani Mabuza, corporate relations executive at Ithuba. –

We are excited that our winner used the app to play