How claims on lottery winnings are carried out in South Africa

Discover all you need to know about lottery in South Africa and offerings from the National Lottery Office, South Africa's .

The South Africa National Lottery offer a host of lottery based games to customers, namely LOTTO, PowerBall, SPORTSSTAKE 8, SPORTSTAKE 13, DAILY LOTTO, RAFFLE and EAZiWIN In Store, as well as the live EAZiWIN On-Line. The South Africa National Lottery also have a highly accessible app for users to download.

Lottery cash winnings between R50 to R2,000 are paid in cash by authorized prize payment centres, but winnings from R50,000 require a claim form and can only be claimed in person at the National Lottery Office.

Claims on lottery tickets must be validated by the National Lottery and lottery tickets are the only proof for winning a prize, claims on lottery price can be made by posting the winning ticket together but payments can be refused if lottery tickets are altered, incomplete tampered or unreadable.

Prizes won must be claimed within 365 days of the date of the draw, although, for Eaziwin games, lottery prizes must be claimed before the 23rd hour of the 365 days of purchase, also claims can only be made during work hours of businesses authorized to make payments.

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