

Yes, I will continue playing my numbers until this train runs out.” But I want to do the right thing and take care of it for the next generation in my family. “I still want to be me I can’t let money change me. “A family member gave me the numbers over 25 years ago and I faithfully play them,” he said on the back of 2018’s win. He used the same numbers for the better part of three decades and ultimately came good.

South Africans looking to do the maths on that mega amount will soon realise the rand value of the dollar sum adds up to several billions. I asked the cashier for a quick pick selection, but before I gave her the money, my gut told me that today might be the day I strike it lucky and opted to play the same numbers manually.”įurther abroad, in the United States of America, a good few years back, a New York resident landed a whopping $343 million in the US Powerball. “So, I thought maybe it’s time I changed my playing strategy. I wanted to play the quick pick selection because I thought I have been playing the same numbers for years,” he said at the time. “I have been playing the same numbers for the past four years, not only for Lotto but for Powerball. Thank goodness he didn’t change his mind at the last minute.

There are also those who don’t stray from playing the same numbers again and again – week in and week out – for many years and eventually win.Ī local example of this happened in August 2020, when a man from Gauteng pocketed R38 million in the Lotto. Others could split the year they were born in into two digits such as ’19’ and ’44’. For a brief example, somebody who was born in April might use ‘4’ in their selection to represent the month in the year.
