African Lotteries – Top 5 facts

You are not a lottery addict if you never heard about African lotteries. The lottery is a very popular game in Africa.

South African National Lottery, for example, since its first establishment in 2000, has generated more than R4.7 billion in sales (2012 data).

Powerball is one of the largest lotteries that African players like to play. This is due to the high pay-out and how easy for people to purchase the tickets.

Prior 2000s, the lottery was operated by Score-A-Lot in 1984, the company is now defunct.

Here are top 5 facts you need to know about African lotteries:

1. Where to find:  We can find a lot of lottery games in countries such as Northern Africa such as Morocco or Algeria. There are also many great lottery games in Eastern Africa in countries such as Zimbabwe, Zambia, and Tanzania. Don’t forget about Mozambique, Mauritius, Rwanda, Uganda, Kenya, Ethiopia, and Burundi too!
2. Southern Africa – Uthingo has operated the National Lottery since its launch in March 2000, they had their first Lotto drawing on March 1, 2000.
3. The first and biggest winner – Batsirayi Mupfawi became the first African’s Lotto millionaire after he won around R13,831,850 on the 5th lottery draw. This Gauteng lottery player grabbed the largest record of an individual lottery winner on November 16, 2005.
4. The statistics – Talking about the number, we can see that 7 out of South African lottery player plays the game on a regular basis. Most players even say that the lottery has become one of their revenue sources. The National Lottery in South Africa is considered as the
   5th of world ranking in terms of the asset, and one of the country’s most valuable assets.
5. The management – ITHUBA Holdings has operated the South African Lottery since 2015. Players can purchase the tickets in official retailers, official partners and participating banks in South Africa. They can also purchase online but only through agents registered under the ABSA, FNB, Nedbank or Standard Bank.