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Record breaking jackpots up to R3.1 billion up for grabs

With such an enormous amount of lotteries available it’s hard to keep track of all the jackpots.

Some of these lotteries have reached crazy high prize amounts that you should take into consideration before playing your usual lottery.

With the highest ever SA Powerball Plus jackpot of R153 million won this year, make sure you don’t miss out on other eight-figure jackpots or even nine-figure jackpots.

The table below shows the 5 biggest winning prizes for the week.

It is important to keep yourself updated with the latest international lotto draws that take place. With draws occurring each week offering prizes from R200 million to R3.1 billion, players from all over the world are trying their luck.

The EuroMillions offers a massive jackpot of R3.1 billion with draws occurring on Tuesday and Friday. The EuroMillions jackpots got even bigger as part of the major changes took place from the 1st of February 2020. The previous prize cap stood at €190 million (approx. R3,821,321,877) and had reached this cap four times since it was last set in July 2011. Under the new rules, the prize cap will now increase by €10 million (approx. R201,122,204) and will now stand at €200 million (approx. R4,022,444,082).

MegaMillions now offers a big jackpot of R1.3 billion with draws occurring on Wednesday and Saturday. During the year a total of 2 lucky ticket holders won the Mega Millions top prize. The one winner won a total of $123 million (approx. R2,056,547,700) and another winner took home a $202 million (approx. R3,377,419,800) prize. There has already been a total of 4 Mega Millions jackpot winners this year.

The US Powerball now offers a jackpot of R936 million with draws occurring on Thursday and Sunday. The US Powerball offers massive prize amounts; the highest US Powerball top prize has reached an amount of R26 billion.

The SuperEnaLotto offers players a jackpot amount of R652,4 million with draws occurring on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. The lotto holds the record for the largest jackpot paid out in Europe, the single winning ticket collecting €209.1 million (approx. R4,185,800,190).

The EuroJackpot offers a big jackpot of R200 million with draws occurring on Friday. The biggest ever EuroJackpot top prize is €90 million (approx. R1,803,015,000) and has been won on many occasions. The reason why the amount has only reached €90 million is because of the jackpot cap.

The EuroMillions, MegaMillions, US Powerball, SuperEnalotto and EuroJackpot offers massive top prizes for players and can be played all over the world.

 

 

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