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Coincidence or fraud? South Africa’s National Lottery Commission has launched an investigation after six consecutive winning numbers were drawn.
Six consecutive winning numbers drawn in a row by South Africa’s national lottery have sparked allegations of fraud, prompting the commission to conduct an investigation.
The winning numbers announced earlier this week by the South African National Lottery Commission (NLC) were: 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and the Powerball number was 10.
Twenty people who had all the numbers on their ticket won 5.7 million rand (NZ $ 527,358) each. Another 79 raised 6283 rand (NZ $ 581) for matching all five numbers without the Powerball.
“Congratulations to the 20 winners of tonight’s Powerball drawing,” the lottery tweeted. “These numbers may be unexpected, but we see that many players choose to play these sequences.”
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However, players were not as enthusiastic about the South African national lottery, with many on social media making allegations of fraud.
However, others might see the possibility of how the particular combination of numbers could have been drawn as a winner.
South African NLC spokesman Ndivhuho Mafela told AFP that the commission will conduct a review “and if there is something that went wrong, we will declare it.”
“So we are in the process of doing it right now.”
This is not the first time that complaints of fraud have been filed against the commission.
In November, the Special Investigation Unit (SIU) said investigations into alleged corruption and mismanagement involving the South African NLC were underway after allegations of corruption in the distribution of funds were reported. lottery.
President Cyril Ramaphosa had signed a proclamation authorizing the SIU to proceed with the investigation, local media reported.
The main mandate of the Law of Special Investigative Units and Special Courts is to recover and prevent financial losses for the state caused by acts of corruption, fraud and mismanagement.
