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Play The South Africa National Lottery

Play The South Africa National Lottery

South Africa is the land of gold and diamonds and is also home to Nobel Prize winner Nelson Mandela. South Africa also has the most lucrative lottery on the African continent. The S African National Lottery was launched in 2000 making it one of the youngest lotteries anywhere. The lottery is the most popular form of gambling in the country and sells an astounding five million lottery tickets every week. The first day tickets for the National lottery were available 80,000 were sold and during the first three weeks of operation R70 million ($9,597,402.39 USD) worth of lottery tickets were sold.

The South Africa lottery offers players a variety of games. Lotto 6/49 is South Africa’s version of the classic 6/49 lottery games found in many countries. Players select six numbers from 1 through 49. National lottery retailers offer players a quick pick option for players who wish to have their numbers selected by a random number generator. Many South Africans use a variety of occult sciences to select their lottery numbers and believe it or not smoking vulture brains is used by many as a way to see into the future and pick winning lottery numbers. Lotto 6/49 has a ‘Lotto Plus’ option available. For an extra fee the player can play the original lotto 6/49 ticket twice. The National Lottery also offers Powerball similar to the American game.

SportsStake is another popular National Lottery game. Players try to determine the outcome of 12 pre selected football matches in England, South Africa and other countries where football is popular. For each game the player must determine of the match will result in a home win, away win or a draw. To win players must accurately predict the outcome of all 12 games. Players can win lesser prizes with 10 or 11 correct predictions.

Like most lotteries the South Africa National Lottery offers various instant win, or scratch off games. The top prize for scratch off games is R100,000. ($13,636.15 USD) Tickets for scratch off games cost R2 through R5. ($0.272723 USD–$0.681807 USD) At present the official National Lottery website does not sell online lottery tickets but tickets for the S African National Lottery may be purchased online by ticket brokers. Results for the National Lottery may be checked at the official National Lottery website along with detailed instructions for each game. The South Africa National Lottery supports various charities and 34% of all lottery generated revenue is paid into a central charitable distribution fund.

Playing the Canadian Lottery

Playing the Canadian Lottery

The Canadian Lottery offers 2 national lotteries and 5 provincial lotteries. The two national games, Lotto 6/49 and lotto Super 7, are available to all of Canada. These games provide larger jackpots than the Provincial games because they are played by more people. As a result, the jackpots can rise faster and higher than other games. The 5 provincial lotteries providing lots of exciting games for their respective citizens are: Atlantic Canada, British Columbia, Ontario, Quebec, and Western Canada.

Playing Lotto 6/49

One of the most popular and lucrative Canada Lottery games is Lotto 6/49. In 2005 it paid out a record jackpot of $54.3 Million! A Lotto 6/49 ticket only costs $2 and provides an opportunity to win millions! To play Lotto 6/49 you simply select six numbers from a field of 1 to 49. If you match even 2 of your numbers and the bonus ball, you receive a cash prize! Lotto 6/49 drawings are held every Wednesday and Saturday nights after 8:00 pm CT.

Playing Super 7

Another exciting Canada Lottery game is Super 7, known as Canada’s big Friday Lotto game! Super 7 only costs $2 and gives you the chance to win millions of dollars. The record Super 7 jackpot of $37.8 was won in 2002. You can also pay an additional dollar to add Friday’s EXTRA for a chance to win the $250,000 top prize. To play Super 7, you simply select seven numbers from 1 to 47. If you match at least 3 numbers, you win! Super 7 drawings are held every Friday after 8:00 pm CT.

Playing Provincial Lotteries

All 5 Provincial Lotteries participate in both national lotteries as well as providing their own exciting lotteries. Atlantic Canada offers 10 exciting lottery games for you to play. British Columbia offers 6 exciting games to keep you having fun! Ontario provides a whopping 13 games for you to play. Western Canada provides 7 fantastic games to keep you having fun. And topping the list, Quebec offers an amazing 23 lottery games, so you’ll never get bored!

Buying Canada Lottery Tickets

If you are intrigued by these Canada Lottery games but don’t live in Canada check out the official Canadian lottery website. At the present time the Canadian lottery does now allow the sale of online lottery tickets. This can be a serious inconvenience for those in the Northern provinces who often must travel long distances to reach the nearest lottery retailer. Hopefully Canada will give its residents the ability to purchase lotto tickets online in the near future.