About Powerball South Africa

PowerBall South Africa is a popular “game of chance” where the players must choose a PowerBall number and five numbers in a single play on board that match with the numbers and the PowerBall number drawn for the game in which the player is taking part. 

The PowerBall South Africa entries can be bought from any authorized retailer utilizing the PowerBall South Africa entry coupon or the QuickPick functionality.  As a participant you are also responsible for verifying your entries before leaving the retailer location or confirming the PowerBall location or confirming the PowerBall entry on the Automated Teller Machine or the internet or cellular phone.

A ticket would stand canceled if unissued, stolen, incomplete, defective, illegible, mutilated, tampered or altered in any way.  The National Lottery will not be responsible for the stolen or lost tickets. You should fill in your address, name and phone number right on the back of your winning ticket before you file in the prize claim.

The Powerball South Africa game draw machines comprise of 45 and 20 numbered balls. In every draw, 5 balls will be drawn with the help of the draw machine comprising 45 balls numbered from one to forty five inclusive and one ball will be drawn with the help of a separate draw machine comprising 20 balls numbered 1 to 20 inclusive. The very first 5 numbers drawn out of 45 are considered as the Main numbers. The very first number which is drawn out of twenty is considered the PowerBall Number.

To play in Powerball South Africa, you should be 18 years of age to purchase the lottery tickets and claim the prizes. To file in the prize claim, you should fill in your address, name and phone number right on the back of the winning ticket. All the winning tickets will be subject to validation by the National Lottery. All the winning tickets are also bearer instruments. All the prizes should be claimed within 1 year right from the date of the draw.

The PowerBall entries can even be purchased from automated teller machine or from the participating cash register, or from any authorized Mail subscription agent or from the other similar device following all the playing instructions associated with that particular device. 

If you are interested in participating and playing in Powerball South Africa, you can use the other method of sale as approved by the National Lottery that includes telephone, Internet and mobile as well. Every PowerBall game board costs around R3.50 which is inclusive of VAT. 

The winning amount which is distributed among the players is 45 percent of the total PowerBall sales. Follow the table presenting the distribution of the winning amount between 8 PowerBall winning categories. The distribution of winnings percentage are as follows: Jackpot (42.07%), 2^nd category (13.33%), 3^rd category (9.36%), 4^th category (3.56%), 5^th category (7.30%), 6^th category (6.94%), 7^th category (4.62%), 8^th category (12.82%).

    

Last but not the least, the prize money which is allocated to each of the prize categories are usually divided equally by the number of the winning selection in that particular category.