Three National Lottery winners in November and December have still not claimed their prizes, new operator Gidani said on Thursday.
Since the return of the National Lottery in October last year, 15 millionaires have been made and a total of R222-million has been paid out to charity organisations, said Lotto spokesperson Thembi Tulwana.
”This is after Gidani committed to contributing a total of 34% from each weekly Lotto ticket sales revenue generated since October last year to donate to charity organisations across South Africa,” said Tulwana.
While winners have shared between them more than R60-million-worth of jackpots won, Gidani is still calling upon the winners, who each scooped one of the three collective jackpots of R13,5-million drawn between November and December last year, to come forward.
”These unidentified winners include a player in the Eastern Cape, who won the Lotto draw of R10,9-million on November 3. The second winner from Gauteng became an instant millionaire on November 10, but has also not come forward to claim the R1,4-million won in the Lotto Plus draw on that day.”
Another Gauteng millionaire-in-waiting, the third winner, is still being sought after the Lotto Plus jackpot of more than R1-million was won on December 29, said Tulwana.
The unidentified winners have 365 days from the date they bought their tickets to claim their prizes. — Sapa