'I had been playing for almost 14 years': 72-year-old bags R100m PowerBall jackpot

The search is still on for the second winner, who bagged the PowerBall PLUS jackpot of R50m with a ticket purchased in Groblersdal, Limpopo

But the search is still on for the second winner, who bagged the PowerBall PLUS jackpot of R50m with a ticket purchased in Groblersdal, LimpopoA 72-year-old from KwaZulu-Natal has bagged the R100m guaranteed Powerball jackpot with a ticket purchased in Margate. Stock photo.“I was hoping to catch a big fish and instead caught a whale,” said the 72-year-old from KwaZulu-Natal who has bagged a R100m guaranteed PowerBall jackpot after playing for 14 years.

This after National Lottery operator Ithuba was searching for two people who won guaranteed jackpots adding up to a combined R150m in Tuesday's PowerBall and PowerBall PLUS draw. “I had been playing for almost 14 years now, every Tuesday and Friday. The most I would win was between R30 to R60,” he said.

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