Nearly R100m in lottery winnings unclaimed

Ithuba announced on Tuesday that the Powerball jackpot won on Friday, 17 September, and worth more than R86m, has still not been claimed. The lucky ticket holder purchased the R75 quick pick selection (08, 10, 17, 26, 39 and PowerBall number 14) ticket on the day of the draw, using the ABSA banking app.

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The Powerball Plus jackpot from September 14 still also remains unclaimed, with two lucky winners sharing the R11m pot. Interestingly, both winning tickets were purchased at Flip Flop Supermarket in Port Alfred, Eastern Cape.

According to Ithuba, the first winner spent R240 on their lucky ticket using manual selection, while the second winner spent R150 and used manual selection as well.

The winning numbers from this draw were 08, 13, 26, 36, 43 and PowerBall number 05.

Ithuba CEO Charmaine Mabuza congratulated the winners and urged all ticket holders to check their tickets. “We urge all players to check their PowerBall tickets, winners of R50,000 and more must visit their nearest ITHUBA office to process their winnings.

“Our winner services department is ready to receive the winners. The first step will be to validate the winning ticket and offer the winner free trauma counselling and financial advisory services to assist the winner with their financial planning, as we do with all winners of R50,000 and above,” said Mabuza.

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If you’ve ever wondered how it works when buying your ticket using banking apps, these ticket holders will receive winnings below R49,999 paid directly into the bank account from which they played within 72 working hours, excluding weekends.

Those who have won more than R50,000 are notified by the bank via SMS and are contacted telephonically to advise them of the win and to refer them to the nearest Ithuba office to process the winning claim.