Play The South Africa National Lottery

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  • Author Anthony Wayne
  • Published September 30, 2010
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Play The South Africa National Lottery

South Africa is the land of gold and diamonds and is also home to Nobel Prize winner Nelson Mandela. South Africa also has the most lucrative lottery on the African continent. The S African National Lottery was launched in 2000 making it one of the youngest lotteries anywhere. The lottery is the most popular form of gambling in the country and sells an astounding five million lottery tickets every week. The first day tickets for the National lottery were available 80,000 were sold and during the first three weeks of operation R70 million ($9,597,402.39 USD) worth of lottery tickets were sold.

The South Africa lottery offers players a variety of games. Lotto 6/49 is South Africa's version of the classic 6/49 lottery games found in many countries. Players select six numbers from 1 through 49. National lottery retailers offer players a quick pick option for players who wish to have their numbers selected by a random number generator. Many South Africans use a variety of occult sciences to select their lottery numbers and believe it or not smoking vulture brains is used by many as a way to see into the future and pick winning lottery numbers. Lotto 6/49 has a 'Lotto Plus' option available. For an extra fee the player can play the original lotto 6/49 ticket twice. The National Lottery also offers Powerball similar to the American game.

SportsStake is another popular National Lottery game. Players try to determine the outcome of 12 pre selected football matches in England, South Africa and other countries where football is popular. For each game the player must determine of the match will result in a home win, away win or a draw. To win players must accurately predict the outcome of all 12 games. Players can win lesser prizes with 10 or 11 correct predictions.

Like most lotteries the South Africa National Lottery offers various instant win, or scratch off games. The top prize for scratch off games is R100,000. ($13,636.15 USD) Tickets for scratch off games cost R2 through R5. ($0.272723 USD--$0.681807 USD) At present the official National Lottery website does not sell online lottery tickets but tickets for the S African National Lottery may be purchased online by ticket brokers. Results for the National Lottery may be checked at the official National Lottery website along with detailed instructions for each game. The South Africa National Lottery supports various charities and 34% of all lottery generated revenue is paid into a central charitable distribution fund.

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