South African Lotteries

Check current South African lottery prizes and draw information, then go straight to PowerBall, Lotto, Daily Lotto, results, odds, tax, prize claims, history and number tools.

South African lottery snapshot Stored MLL data · prizes and latest confirmed results update automatically
South Africa PowerBall Current jackpot Loading… Tuesday & Friday draws Open PowerBall → South Africa Lotto Current jackpot Loading… Wednesday & Saturday draws Open Lotto → Daily Lotto Top prize Loading… Drawn daily Open Daily Lotto → PowerBall Xtra Current jackpot Loading… Tuesday & Friday draws Open PowerBall Xtra → Lotto 5 Max Current jackpot Loading… Wednesday & Saturday draws Open Lotto 5 Max →
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Use the country-wide pages for the latest numbers, current jackpots, draw schedule, odds, tax and prize claims.

South Africa Lottery Results

Latest confirmed winning numbers across the main South African draws.

 Current South African Jackpots

Compare current jackpots and top prizes across the main games.

 South Africa Draw Calendar

See which games draw each day and follow the relevant draw-time guide.

 Compare South African Lottery Odds

Compare jackpot and top-prize chances across the main number games.

 South Africa Lottery Tax Guide

Understand the usual tax treatment of lottery prizes and what may become taxable later.

 Claiming a South African Lottery Prize

What to do with a winning ticket and how different prize amounts are claimed.
At a glance

South African draws in four quick facts

Every dayDaily Lotto gives South Africa a National Lottery draw seven days a week.
Tuesday & FridayPowerBall and PowerBall Xtra are drawn twice a week.
Wednesday & SaturdayLotto, Lotto Plus 1 and Lotto 5 Max share the midweek and weekend draw nights.
1 June 2026Sizekhaya became the fourth operator of the South African National Lottery.
Major game mini-hubs

Choose a lottery, then go straight to the page you need

Each major game has its own mini-hub. Results, draw time, odds, number tools and history stay with the game rather than being repeated on this country page.

Across South Africa

Results, comparisons and practical lottery guides

These pages compare games or explain rules that apply across more than one South African lottery.

Results hub

South Africa lottery results

Latest confirmed winning numbers across the main games.

Check results → Schedule

South Africa draw calendar

Monday to Sunday draw schedule with links to game timing pages.

See the calendar → Jackpots

South African jackpots compared

Compare current jackpots with Daily Lotto’s non-rollover top prize.

Compare prizes → Odds

South African lottery odds

Compare the published jackpot and top-prize chances across the main games.

Compare odds → Claims

How to claim a lottery prize

Ticket, identity and claim steps, including the route for larger prizes.

Read the claim guide → Tax

Are South African lottery winnings taxed?

Understand the usual treatment of lottery prizes and what may become taxable later.

Read the tax guide → History

History of the South African Lottery

Operators, game launches, archived games, licence changes and major events since launch.

Explore the history → Operators

South African National Lottery operators

Uthingo, Gidani, Ithuba and Sizekhaya — who ran the lottery and when.

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More South African games

Add-on, sports and instant games

These belong in the South Africa section but do not need the same multi-page clusters as PowerBall, Lotto and Daily Lotto.

PowerBall XtraThe add-on draw that replaced PowerBall Plus in June 2026. Lotto Plus 1An additional draw using the numbers from a Lotto entry. Lotto 5 MaxThe additional Lotto game that replaced Lotto Plus 2 in June 2026. MatchplayNational Lottery sports-pool games based on predicting match results. Scratch CardsPhysical instant-win tickets sold through authorised lottery retailers. E-Instant GamesOnline instant-win games offered through the South African National Lottery. MultiPlay 1 & 2System-style entries that create multiple combinations from a larger number selection. South Africa Lottery Changes 2026The new operator, game names, number ranges and discontinued products explained.
How the market fits together

One National Lottery, several different games

South Africa has one regulated National Lottery with several draw, sports-pool and instant-win games. Sizekhaya Holdings became the fourth National Lottery and Sports Pools operator on 1 June 2026, with the National Lotteries Commission continuing as regulator.

PowerBall, Lotto and Daily Lotto are the three main number games. PowerBall Xtra is linked to PowerBall, while Lotto Plus 1 and Lotto 5 Max sit alongside Lotto. Older information may still refer to Ithuba, PowerBall Plus, Lotto Plus 2 or Daily Lotto Plus, so MLL separates current game guides from historical and archived information.

Current game check: PowerBall draws on Tuesday and Friday using five numbers from 1 to 50 plus one PowerBall from 1 to 16. Lotto draws on Wednesday and Saturday using six numbers from 1 to 52. Daily Lotto remains a daily 5-from-36 game. Sizekhaya took over the fourth National Lottery licence on 1 June 2026. Live prize and result values above are designed to read from MLL’s stored Lottery Data Manager rather than fetch an operator on each page view. South African National Lottery ↗ · National Lotteries Commission ↗