South African National Lottery

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South African National Lottery

Logo used 2015 - present
Region	South Africa
Regulated by	National Lotteries Commission
Highest jackpot	R232,131,750.69
Odds of winning jackpot	20,358,520 to 1 (Lotto, Lotto Plus and Lotto Plus 2) 42,375,200[1] to 1 (PowerBall) 42,375,200 to 1 (PowerBall Plus) 376,992[2] to 1 (Daily Lotto) 531,441 to 1 (SportStake) 4 to 1 (EAZiWIN)
Number of games	8
Shown on	E.tv, SABC 2
Website	www.nationallottery.co.za

The National Lottery is operated by ITHUBA Holdings, to whom the licence was granted in 2015. The lottery is regulated by the National Lottery Commission, and was established in 2000.

Lottery tickets may be bought only by people of at least 18 years of age.

In the 2007 fiscal year transaction values totalled R3.972 billion, with an average of five million transactions per week. In the 2012 National lottery generated R4.7 billion in sales of Lotto and Powerball tickets.^[3]

Lotto is the most popular type of gambling in South Africa^[4] but Powerball has been the faster-growing for last years due to its high payouts.^[3]