A jobless Karoo woman wins the R31-million Lotto jackpot
Updated | By Scenic Drive with Rian
In the Lotto Plus 1 draw, an unemployed Western Cape woman won R31,473,151!
Being unemployed is one of life's most stressful events. Aside from the obvious financial hardships of not having a job, it also significantly impacts your attitude, relationships, and overall mental and emotional well-being. Therefore, it is needless to imagine the absolute bliss an unemployed woman from the Karoo felt when she won R31-million.
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According to Ithuba, the winning ticket was purchased at Dahley & Khandaker by a woman from Oudtshoorn. She invested R40 and chose to manually select her numbers. The winner told Ithuba that she had been looking forward to this day because the most she had ever won was R150.
The winner said she was at home when she went online to check her numbers and learned she had won all that cash.
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Despite her fears that others might learn of her life-changing riches, she is comfortable with simply telling her immediate relatives. She intends to spend her money wisely on her family.
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