What is 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10? .... Your Powerball winner’s ticket

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Twitter was awash with hilarious reactions to the latest Lotto winning numbers announced on Tuesday night.

The national lottery announced an unexpected, yet familiar, sequence of 05, 06, 07, 08, 09 and 10 in the Powerball as the winning numbers. Twenty players matched the numbers and will share the R114m Powerball jackpot.

One person won the R5.8m PowerBall PLUS jackpot. The historic occasion of

“” having 20 jackpot winners in one night, according to Ithuba, has never happened before.

“While there have been multiple jackpot winners from the same draw before, including the R110m Lotto jackpot shared by four people in January 2018, never has there been 21 jackpot winners in one night,” the company said.

The announcement was met with scepticism from many, who said the numbers were questionable. Max_Matini tweeted: At

“some point, the public must just boycott this nonsense. Y all are

’ taking us for fools now.”

Anela_Dlungwana said: “We re asking for the winners to

’ be named.

“I mean it s for the first time

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20 people matched all the numbers. So can we have all the winners announced publicly for the first time in history? We want to see something as a country.

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Busisiwe Msizi, head of corporate relations at the lotteries operator, said: History and experience

“have taught us it is common for multiple players to select the same winning numbers.

“A week ago, we celebrated two players who won the R19m

So can we have all the winners announced publicly for the first time in history?

PowerBall PLUS jackpot in the November 24 draw.

“What we were not imagining was 20 people could win the same jackpot.

“This came as a pleasant surprise to us, and our wildest dream came true. It has always been Ithuba s goal to offer lifechanging

’ jackpots to as many people as possible, especially now, following the tough year we ve had.”

PowerBall winners included: Gauteng – eight winners; Northern Cape – one; Free State

– one; KwaZulu-Natal – three; Eastern Cape – two; Western

Cape – one; Limpopo - one; and

Mpumalanga - two.

“We encourage players from these areas to check their tickets and to come collect their winnings. There is no doubt this will positively impact the lives of the winners and their loved ones,” said Msizi.

“We take this opportunity to congratulate everyone, not only for winning the jackpots, but also for being a part of National Lottery history.”