The National Lottery has come under fire for the PowerBall’s winning numbers drawn on Tuesday [December 1]. In a strange sequence, the winning PowerBall numbers were: 05, 06, 07, 08, 09 – PB 10.
The jackpot prize for the PowerBall draw was R114 million. The National Lottery announced that 20 winners, who selected the 5 correct numbers and the PowerBall number, will each walk away with R5 688 468.21.
On the SA Lottery website, under the “How to choose your numbers” section, it says: “Six consecutive numbers have never been drawn in any state or international Lotto game. I have all the drawing results for more than 180 state and international Lotto games, going back more than fifty years! Even five consecutive numbers is a very rare occurrence that, in most Lotto games, has never happened once.”
As expected, #LOTTO is trending on Twitter and social media users are calling out the National Lottery.
Some hilarious remarks below:
In order to put this to rest, all those 20 winners must be shown on Tv, if not we demand a Zondo Commission. #Lotto #Powerball pic.twitter.com/NuqXTD5Dxo
— It’s Lo??? (@rising_oceans) December 2, 2020
LOTTO just did what prophet Lukau once did to us#LOTTO #Bushiri #PowerBall pic.twitter.com/G59VvoStjZ
— Lawyer @ H?rt (@LawyerHrt1) December 2, 2020
Can’t believe what Im seeing. How on earth would 20 people possibly get this right? #Lotto pic.twitter.com/TwuGbY5xg0
— Well Fed Slave (@Chopxion) December 2, 2020
Even if I had a snake ? and it told me to play those #LOTTO numbers, I would’ve said ‘Fokof Wena’ pic.twitter.com/sdV51g0RcZ
— MANDLA-M ?? (@MandlaMhlanga_) December 2, 2020
Lotto exposing themselves that they are a scam …What do you use the 30min after sales cutoff before the draw for? Reduce the time to 5min we want to see something #LOTTO pic.twitter.com/GHfxrP9kdL
— Mr Tee (@miste_Tee) December 2, 2020
#LOTTO started being rigged when they stopped using that machine from years back ??
?the new one is just a computer program designed to do whatever they want, unlike physical balls that made it difficult to control. pic.twitter.com/dUbbjOafUD
— Ncedo_Silvence (@NcedoSilvence) December 2, 2020
Lotto SA: Our lotto plus draws machines are monitored by independent auditors, for transparency and accuracy.
The auditors :#Lotto pic.twitter.com/sRNA5jSFmS
— Xolile Mlunguzi (@XolileMlunguzi) December 2, 2020
You know wat.. 2020 is a really fucked up year.. When u thought is over then boom.. Haibo no mahn?.. 2020 got sum daddy issues
5 6 7 8 9 – 10 lotto I mean wow?#LOTTO pic.twitter.com/ucveVTD37f— GEMINI X♊ 42699 (@42699X) December 2, 2020
??? the next winning numbers will be 2, 4, 6, 8 ,10 power ball 12 start betting! #LOTTO pic.twitter.com/izX112wsbH
— No One Else But Me ? (@Ndobe_Bibow) December 2, 2020
I shall never, ever again ?? #lotto pic.twitter.com/PZ8GVhbcru
— Latoya Ntombela (@LatoyaNtombela) December 1, 2020
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