FAQ

You can play LOTTO, PowerBall or DAILY LOTTO on the Money app, through Online Banking or Cellphone Banking. You can select your numbers manually or by using Quick Pick before they are entered into a draw. 

These are the same as LOTTO and PowerBall but give you a second chance to win. When buying a LOTTO or PowerBall ticket, you must pay an extra R2.50 per board to be entered into the PLUS draws.

DAILY LOTTO is a new game added to our digital channels. It can be played every day, from Monday to Sunday. Draws are also done daily, except on Christmas Day.

• LOTTO and LOTTO PLUS 1 and 2

You can buy LOTTO (PLUS 1 and 2) tickets from 06:00 to 20:25 on draw days (Wednesday and Saturday) or from 06:00 to 23:30 on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday. 

• PowerBall

You can buy PowerBall tickets from 06:00 to 20:25 on draw days (Tuesday and Friday) or from 06:00 to 23:30 on Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday. 

• DAILY LOTTO 

You can buy DAILY LOTTO tickets from 06:00 to 20:25 on Monday to Sunday.

Yes. For LOTTO and PowerBall, you have to pay a board fee and a convenience fee. For DAILY LOTTO you have to pay a board fee only. Refer to the latest pricing guide here.

You can buy tickets using a valid current, savings and credit card accounts. 

The daily limit for lottery games is R1,000.

There are three ways to choose your numbers:

1. You can manually choose the numbers you want to play.

2. You can let the lottery processing system, Quick Pick, choose the numbers for you.

3. You can shake your phone to choose your numbers.

For LOTTO, you can play any number between from 1 to 52 and select a maximum of six numbers.

For PowerBall, you can play any number from 1 to 50 and select a maximum of five numbers.

For DAILY LOTTO, you can play any number from 1 to 36 and select a maximum of five numbers. 

Yes, numbers can be replayed from Ticket history when viewing the details of the ticket. 

For LOTTO and PowerBall, you can buy a minimum of two boards and maximum 20 boards.

For DAILY LOTTO, you can buy a minimum two boards and maximum five boards.

Yes, you can buy boards for multiple draws. 

For LOTTO and PowerBall, there is a maximum of 20 draws. 

For DAILY LOTTO, there is a maximum of 10 draws. 

No. Once you buy a ticket and the transaction is successful, you cannot receive a refund. 

You can play LOTTO PLUS 1 only if you have played LOTTO, and you can play LOTTO PLUS 2 only if you have played LOTTO PLUS 1. 

You can play PowerBall PLUS only if you have played PowerBall. 

LOTTO draws take place on Wednesdays and Saturdays.

PowerBall draw takes place on Tuesday and Friday.

DAILY LOTTO draw takes place every day, Monday to Sunday but there are no draws on Christmas Day. 

Yes, there is a screen for each of the lottery games that displays the winning numbers and your numbers played for that draw. 

Yes. We will send you an in-app notification and SMS if you've won more than R250,000.

You will receive a payout of all combined winnings (per ticket) of less than R250,000 into your account. The payout will be made to the account that you used to buy the tickets. Combined winnings (per ticket) that exceed R250,000 will be referred to the lottery operator for payout. 

You must submit the following details to the lottery operator: 

• Proof of identity. 
• Proof of banking details. 
• Reference number (sent to you via the in-app notification and SMS). 

Winnings must be claimed within 365 days from the date of the respective draw.

Due to the Google Play Store policy, playing lottery games on Android devices is no longer allowed outside South Africa.

Yes, lottery games will then be available.

Yes, you can save numbers for every game and replay them.

You can save ten boards per game.

Yes, you can edit saved numbers and save new numbers. You can also delete boards.

You can play games via any of our digital channels, and you can choose numbers manually or through Quick Pick. These numbers are then entered into a draw.