With a rise in the petrol price predicted for next week, now would be a very good time to start playing the lottery.
On Tuesday night, the Powerball and Powerball Plus jackpots rolled over yet again, and the jackpots are now estimated at over R170 million in total - a record for South Africa.
This is the 19th rollover for the Powerball jackpot and the 18th for Powerball Plus.
The biggest prize from Tuesday’s Powerball draw, which was won by nine ticket holders, is R97 954 for five matching numbers.
If you are one of the four lucky punters who matched five numbers in the Powerball Plus draw, you’ll be R98 913 richer now.
The highest previous Powerball jackpot, a staggering R145m, was won in August by an engineer from Mpumalanga.
The lucky fish had stashed the winning ticket in his sock and reported for work the Monday after his windfall.
Accompanied by his wife, he only claimed his kroon at Ithuba’s Sandton offices the next Tuesday.
The PowerBall is televised live on e.tv every Tuesday and Friday at 9 pm.