The National Lottery has called on people to check their tickets as a R14 million Lotto Plus 2 prize has been won but not yet claimed.
This call comes in light of an Ekurhuleni man walking away with the R63 million jackpot last Saturday.
He bought his ticket on Saturday afternoon, just hours before the draw, with a wager of R100 using the quick-pick selection.
After almost misplacing his ticket, he decided to keep it in his cupboard for safety.
“Since playing from 2013, I would normally use a combination of my lucky numbers, whether its family birth dates or my children’s age,” said the 38-year-old, who works at a gas company.
“Today is our day, it has finally come, and we are unable to express our emotions because the news of winning is so surreal,” added his wife of seven years.
The Alberton couple, who met seven years ago on an online dating app, are still trying to process the news of becoming overnight millionaires.
“We have lived with our extended family for many years until we decided to move out and rent a house in the same neighbourhood. Now we have an opportunity to buy our own home,” said the winner.
The man said the moment he’d suspected that he may have won, he was overwhelmed with emotions of shock and excitement as he thought about the possibility of what this big win meant.
“On Sunday morning, I was at home, and my wife was at work, after checking the winning lotto numbers – when the results came up, I just couldn’t believe it,” he said.
He had a more challenging time convincing his wife.
“I phoned my wife immediately, who also just didn’t believe that I had won. She just did not buy into my story.”
“He has been playing for years and would always claim that we had won, when in fact we didn’t, so it was hard to believe him again when he told me over the phone,” said the wife.
The couple has since shared the news with some close family and friends.
Compiled by Narissa Subramoney
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