Why South Africans say PowerBall is a scam

The PowerBall reached a record R232 million on Tuesday and left South Africans in shock after Ithuba announced one person from Cape Town had matched all the numbers.

Congratulations Western Cape!
You have a new #PowerBall jackpot winner of R232,131,750 from 19/02/19 draw! #Manual Selection ticket wager amount was R22,50! pic.twitter.com/Cd5YJZXhy0

— #PhandaPushaPlay (@sa_lottery) February 20, 2019

South Africans took to social media to congratulate the winner, though others said it was time people who’d bought tickets realised that PowerBall was just a scam. They alleged that the winner did not exist and the game was a money-making scheme, while others alleged the numbers were rigged.

One thing that raised social media users’ eyebrows was that, out of all people in the country who’d played, there was always just one person who got all the numbers right, further saying it was proof the game was rigged.

However, there were those who slammed the critics, saying they were only bitter because they’d used their money to gamble and won nothing.

The South African National Lottery even disputed allegations and took to social media to respond to their critics.

“Rest assured that there is no human intervention at all with the Random Number Generator system – the winning numbers are automatically generated and the entire process is audited by independent auditors, which have been approved by The National Lottery Commission,” it said.

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Why South Africans say Powerball is a scam

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