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%), 2nd category (13.33%), 3rd
category (9.36%), 4th category (3.56%), 5th category
(7.30%), 6th category (6.94%), 7th category (4.62%), 8th
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.