The SA Lotto is is one of South Africa’s most popular lottery games which is offered by the the Ithuba National Lottery. The SA Lotto is very popular (although the SA Daily Lotto is becoming popular as well) because it is a very lucrative lottery where players can win millions in rands if they manage to hit the jackpot. The lottery game is drawn twice a week giving punters more opportunities of winning life-changing amounts.
The SA Lotto uses the matrix 6/51 and in order for you to play SA Lotto, you must pick six numbers from 1 to 52 manually or you can use the Quick Pick option for a random selection. You will win the jackpot if you manage to match your selected numbers with the drawn ones. You can play additional SA Lotto draws namely the Lotto Plus 1 or Lotto Plus 2 for increased chances of winning.
The SA Lotto is reasonably priced because each board costs R5.00 only. If you want to play either Lotto Plus 1 or Lotto Plus 2, you must be prepared to pay an extra R2.50 for each.
There are a number of ways of playing the SA Lotto, you can either play online on the ithuba website, app or in-store at various outlets across South Africa.
SA Lotto has two weekly drawings on Wednesdays and Saturdays with the draw taking place at 20:56 on SABC 2. Please note that you must purchase your Lotto tickets before 20:30 on draw days.
What are the odds of winning the SA Lotto?
The odds of winning the SA Lotto jackpot are just 1 in 20,358,520 and the overall odds of winning a Lotto prize are 1 in 38.