{"id":10392,"date":"2025-10-13T07:37:21","date_gmt":"2025-10-13T10:37:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/?p=10392"},"modified":"2026-04-19T13:00:01","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T16:00:01","slug":"south-africas-largest-jackpot-of-2025-grows-to-r140-million","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/south-africas-largest-jackpot-of-2025-grows-to-r140-million","title":{"rendered":"South Africa’s largest jackpot of 2025 grows to R140 Million"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The substantial jackpot, fuelled by rollovers from previous unclaimed draws, has captured the attention of players across the country, eager to be the winner of the life-changing prize.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

South Africa.- The largest South African Powerball jackpot of 2025 has gotten bigger, following a draw on Friday, October 10<\/strong>, that didn\u2019t produce a winner. Prior to the draw, the national lottery operator Ithuba revealed that the jackpot had grown to R130 Million<\/strong> (\u20ac6.3m), eclipsing all previous prize pots this year. With the jackpot going unclaimed, the prize has now surged to a guaranteed R140 million<\/strong> (\u20ac6.8m) for the next draw on October 14<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The October 10 draw, numbered 1658, produced winning numbers of 06, 10, 40, 44, 50 and Powerball 11<\/strong>, with no one matching all six for the top prize. Lower divisions saw more than R20 million<\/strong> (\u20ac981,681) in payouts, including R250,000<\/strong> (\u20ac12,271) awarded to those who matched five numbers plus the Powerball.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The substantial jackpot, fuelled by rollovers from previous unclaimed draws, has captured the attention of players across the country, eager to be the winner of the life-changing prize. The absence of a jackpot winner means the pool continues to accumulate, offering even greater potential for the upcoming Tuesday draw.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With its current value, the jackpot is now the fifth-largest prize in the country’s lottery history. The first remains the R232,131,750.69<\/strong> (\u20ac11.3m) Powerball jackpot won by a man in February 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In related news, Ithuba has raised its prize payout ratio from 48% to 50%<\/strong> of sales, ensuring more money goes directly to winners in every division, including smaller wins like the Powerball.

Since taking over in 2015, the lottery provider has funnelled more than R100 billion<\/strong> (\u20ac4.9bn) from proceeds to community efforts, including youth sports and education.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\tSee also:<\/span> Unclaimed R2.28 million PowerBall ticket nears expiration<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The substantial jackpot, fuelled by rollovers from previous unclaimed draws, has captured the attention of players across the country, eager to be the winner of the life-changing prize.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2395,"featured_media":10394,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"The South African Powerball jackpot, operated by Ithuba, has rolled over to a guaranteed R140 million (\u20ac6.8m) after no winner emerged from the October 10 draw, making it the fifth-largest in the country's history. Concurrently, Ithuba has increased its prize payout ratio from 48% to 50% of sales and has contributed over R100 billion to community initiatives since 2015.","focusai_entities":"Ithuba","focusai_location":"South Africa","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.85), regulator (0.75), compliance_legal (0.7), operator_casino (0.8), investor_analyst (0.85), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9), gambler_consumer (0.7)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Payout Ratio Impact","query":"What is the projected impact of Ithuba's increased prize payout ratio from 48% to 50% on its Gross Gaming Revenue (GGR) and Net Gaming Revenue (NGR) for the upcoming fiscal year, considering potential elasticity of demand?"},{"label":"Jackpot Marketing Efficacy","query":"How does the current R140 million Powerball jackpot, as the fifth-largest in South African history, compare in terms of player acquisition and retention metrics to previous record-breaking jackpots, and what marketing strategies are being deployed to maximize this engagement?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[60022,60011],"tags":[74],"class_list":["post-10392","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-finance-news","category-south-africa","tag-lottery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10392","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2395"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10392"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10392\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10417,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10392\/revisions\/10417"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10394"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10392"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10392"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10392"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}