Slim chance
One in five South African adults (7.6 million adults) purchase a lottery ticket at least once a month and a further one in five say they buy lottery tickets less often. The largest jackpot in South African lotto history was R102 million won by a Free State man in 2011. The odds of winning the Powerball (match 5 balls and the Powerball) is approximately 1 in 24.4 million. (AMPS2015, http://bit.ly/1HGGd1j, http://bit.ly/1LRSRLF)
This week’s theme: The winner takes it all