If you’re playing Powerball, the latest lottery game to sweep South Africa, chances are you’ll be wondering if the jackpot was won last night. Well, we’ve got good news for you: no jackpot winner was announced in South Africa on Saturday 19 September! However, this doesn’t mean that there weren’t any winners because there were over 10 000 prizes paid out in the draw on Saturday night.
The Powerball jackpot of 15.6 million wasn’t won on Saturday 19 September. The last time someone won the Powerball jackpot in South Africa was 8 May 2016, when a group of people in Limpopo Province shared it after buying tickets at an Engen garage.
The Powerball is available in 46 countries worldwide, including the United States and Canada, but it can be won anywhere in the world where there are lottery terminals that accept foreign currency deposits. So if you’re feeling lucky this week and you happen to find yourself traveling abroad (or even live abroad), why not give it a try?
South Africa Powerball offers a minimum jackpot of R3m (roughly US$285,000).
If you’re looking to win the jackpot, there are some things you should know. The starting jackpot is R3m (roughly US$285,000). It increases by R100,000 each week until it is won by someone who matches all five main numbers and Powerball. If no one wins in a draw cycle, the prize pool rolls over into the next week’s draw.
If you manage to match 5 main numbers but not those of Powerball, your prize will be paid out as follows:
- 4 x R2 000 000 if your ticket number matches exactly 1 main number and 2 other bonus numbers; or
- 4 x R200 000 if your ticket number matches 2 main numbers and 1 bonus number; or
- 4 x R10 000 if your ticket number matches 3 bonus numbers; or
- 4 x R1 000 if your ticket number matches 4 bonus numbers.
