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Tsotsi star’s luxury house
johannesburg

Tsotsi star’s luxury house built with Lottery money fails to sell at auction

punitive legal costs
Cape Town

Court orders former Lottery boss to pay punitive legal costs to journalist

Lottery
News

Strict new measures to combat Lottery corruption

Tsotsi star’s luxury house
Johannesburg

Tsotsi star’s luxury house built with Lottery money fails to sell at auction

punitive legal costs
Cape Town

Court orders former Lottery boss to pay punitive legal costs to journalist

Lottery
News

Strict new measures to combat Lottery corruption

Lottery winner
USA Lottery

Lottery JACKPOT! Lucky winner picks up 35 BILLION RAND

By Agence France-Presse08-11-2022 23:26

A single lottery ticket sold at Joe’s Service Center has scooped an eye-watering $2 000 000 000 on Tuesday after a delayed draw.

Terry Pheto SIU
Celeb News

Terry Pheto’s house may go up for auction to recover Lottery funds

By Ground Up07-11-2022 21:53

Property belonging to Lottery Commission executives and relatives were frozen by court order – including actress Terry Pheto’s luxury home.

lottery
Lifestyle

Spain’s Christmas lottery can spell huge prizes for South Africans

By Shingai Mhlanga02-11-2022 14:59

The Spanish Christmas lottery is a massively popular lottery which happens once a year, on 22 December and is open in all parts of South Africa and other global countries

Lottery-funded projects to be finished
News

ABANDONED Lottery-funded projects to be completed

By Ground Up31-10-2022 20:38

The National Lotteries Commission has allocated nearly R65-million to finish Lottery-funded projects where millions of rands were looted.

Investigation into NLC
News

SIU investigating dodgy NLC LOTTERY grants worth R1.4-billion

By Ground Up04-10-2022 00:31

A probe into the National Lotteries Commission by the SIU has identified over R1.4-billion in dodgy Lottery grants.

lottery
News

Lottery finances: Auditor-General issues damning report

By Ground Up15-09-2022 08:13

The National Lotteries Commission has regularly bragged about having a track record of clean audits, despite the organisation’s corruption.

Lotto Plus 1
Lotto Results

A Western Cape resident is in possession of a lottery ticket worth R3.4 MILLION

By Storm Simpson12-07-2022 12:12

Check those tickets! A Western Cape resident recently purchased a winning LOTTO PLUS 2 ticket for R20. The draw took place over the weekend.

lottery
Lifestyle

‘I’m rich!’: Rude stranger ‘helps’ woman win R145m lottery ticket

By Naledi de Wee13-04-2022 18:47

A Californian woman won R145 million after ‘some rude person’ bumped into her, making her push a different button on the lottery machine.

powerball
News

Lotto thief: ‘Friend’ makes off with R8 million in lottery winnings

By Dan Meyer29-12-2021 15:05

A Zimbabwean man entrusted his friend to hold onto over R8 million in lottery winnings – but now he’s disappeared without a trace.

How the Christmas Lottery can increase festive cheer
Lifestyle

How the Christmas Lottery can increase festive cheer

By Matjele Mogwera01-12-2021 16:14

(partner Content) Christmas, to a lot of South Africans, means a time of relaxation and giving. It can also be a period of opportunity and good chance to enter the El Gordo draw.

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News

Prizes in new lottery now up for grabs if you take the Covid-19 vaccine

By Lyse Comins30-11-2021 17:34

Everyone who takes the Covid-19 vaccine in South Africa now stands a chance to automatically win prizes in a R2 million lottery.

Meteor lands on woman's pillow
Entertainment

Outta this world! Woman survives after meteor lands on her pillow [video]

By Megan van den Heever13-10-2021 16:46

A Canadian woman is thanking her lucky stars after she escaped unharmed after a meteor hit a pillow whilst she was sleeping…

Tumisang Makweya,"Dr Tumi" and his wife Kgaugelo Makweya
Celeb News

‘We did nothing wrong’: Fraud charges against Dr Tumi and wife dropped

By Rae Seleme01-10-2021 10:35

The NPA confirms that fraud charges against Dr Tumi and his wife Kgaogelo have been dropped.

Lottery Lotto winning ticket
Entertainment

Stop that scooter! Shop owner ‘speeds off’ with customer’s lottery ticket

By Marilynn Manuel06-09-2021 15:51

An elderly Italian woman’s joy quickly turned to shock as she watched a tobacco shop owner jump on his scooter and make off with her winning lottery ticket!

lotto dividends woman
Lifestyle

A cool head is what’s needed when you’ve won the Lotto

By Ebrahim Essa17-11-2020 11:54

You’ve won the Lotto and want to shout it out from the rooftops. But first take a step back and consider these options.

National lottery
News

Hawks task team remove Lottery investigator after corruption links emerge

By Ground Up29-10-2020 14:49

An investigator has been removed from the Hawks task team probing the Lottery after her policeman husband was implicated in the case.

Millions in Lottery money spen
News

Millions in Lottery money spent on football exhibition with limited access

By Ground Up09-10-2020 13:41

The NLC allocated almost R14.5 million between 2014 and 2016 in Lottery funds to what it described as a ‘football museum’.

National lotteries commission (NLC) lotto
News

‘Place Lotto Commission under administration, fire board’ – DA

By Dan Meyer03-09-2020 16:41

The National Lottery Commission is facing a barrage of scrutiny over projects it has funded, and the DA say it’s time for extreme measures.

Patel lotto
News

Patel submits Lotto corruption ‘evidence dossier’ to SAPS

By Ground Up03-09-2020 14:30

Patel has compiled a list of dodgy benefactors of the R27.5 million Lotto grant, in the hope that criminal charges will be brought.

powerball
News

National Lottery: Where has all the money really gone?

By Mia Russell02-08-2020 12:00

After hitting the headlines with the Nkandla scandal a few years ago when our then president Jacob Zuma poured R206 million of taxpayers’ money into upgrades for his private residence, the latest deceit is that of the National Lottery.

Lottery arson
News

Lottery corruption witnesses victims of mysterious arson

By Ground Up23-07-2020 15:39

Vehicles belonging to two witnesses providing testimony into the Lottery corruption probe were destroyed in fires just two days apart.

powerball
News

Lottery fund fiasco: Three municipalities accused of ‘illegally benefiting’

By Tom Head22-07-2020 14:53

Funding choices made by the National Lottery Commission (NLC) have put several ‘double-dipping’ municipalities under the spotlight.

lottery
News

National Lotteries Commission set for instruction to submit grant details

By Ground Up16-07-2020 06:30

Parliament’s Trade, Industry and Competition Portfolio Committee will instruct the NLC to submit details of all recipients of Lottery grants.

Ebrahim Patel missing person alert
News

Patel: ‘Lottery-funded organisations must be made public’

By Ground Up01-07-2020 14:30

Replying to a parliamentary question from the DA, Ebrahim Patel said that the Lottery should disclose its recipients.

lockdown regulations amended
News

DTIC commission investigation into National Lottery

By Ground Up29-06-2020 11:52

The Department of Trade and Industry want allegations of maladministration in multimillion-rand Lottery-funded projects investigated.

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