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Last Wednesday’s R38m Lotto jackpot winner plans to keep her job and invest her money in property.
- Last Wednesday’s R38m Lotto jackpot winner plans to keep her job and invest her money in property.
- She also plans to buy a “simple car”, build a house for her mother, renovate her aunt’s house, and get a place of her own.
- A regular player, she won the jackpot on an R20 bet using the FNB banking app.
“I’m talking to you from the office. I don’t plan to quit. My life isn’t going to change.”
On Tuesday, the North West woman who won a whopping R38 million in Wednesday’s lottery drawing told News24 that despite the large increase in her bank account, her life would go on, for the most part, as before.
The clerk played a R20 bet on the FNB banking app, pocketing R38 364 068.10 for his troubles.
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A regular bettor, who always plays Quick Pick, said that the most she had ever won was R400.
“I still can’t believe it,” the soft-spoken woman said. “I’ve been playing the lottery for what seems like forever. I play every week – Lotto and PowerBall.
“Most of the time I don’t check the numbers because your winnings are usually credited to your bank account. But this time the next day a man from FNB called to tell me that I had won. Initially I thought I had won around R52,000 , but the man said he couldn’t tell me how much he had earned; he needed to visit [lottery operator] Ithuba offices. But then I checked the numbers … I almost fell! I could not believe it … “
The latest North West billionaire has no plans to tell anyone apart from her close relatives about her fortune. “I don’t owe anyone anything,” he joked.
Paying it forward
In addition to investing the money in a property, the winner, who lives with her aunt, also planned to pay a portion in advance.
“I would like to help my aunt renovate her house, build the house she always dreamed of for my mother and get her own place. I’m also going to buy a car, a VW Polo TSI, a simple car ….
“After Covid, I would definitely like to go on vacation. I don’t know where I’ll go yet, due to Covid, but I will definitely indulge …”
The winner maintained that nothing in her life was going to change.
“I’m not going to buy a Ferrari or anything like that, then all my money will be gone,” he laughed.
According to Ithuba, the lucky winner was the third millionaire winner in just a few weeks of the new year and the second biggest winner of the year to date.
“We are excited to see many of our players choose to play the National Lottery on the various digital platforms that we have available, from the comfort and safety of their homes. Our goal has always been to create convenient ways to help our players participate in your favorite lottery games. Most importantly, we are pleased to witness how lives change for the better as a result of winning the lottery, week after week, “said Charmaine Mabuza, CEO of Grupo Ithuba.
Over the past five years, 36 jackpot winners played through FNB’s digital banking platforms.
“Big congratulations to the Lottery jackpot winner for this life changing R38 364 068.10 prize. We are delighted to see the increase in the number of customers who continue to play and win the Lottery through our digital FNB channels. The lottery is a great achievement, we continue to encourage our winners to seek sound financial advice to help manage, save and invest their money during this difficult economic time, “said Shadrack Palmer, head of transactional services at FNB Connect.
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