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A man from Pretoria can say that he almost hit the R100 million jackpot. Luckily for him, however, he only missed the massive prize by a few thousand Rand and walked away with R99,983,308.10!

The July 19 Powerball draw saw just one winner take the entire pot. Incredibly, he spent just R150 on his ticket using the FNB banking app and chose his numbers manually.

And if you think that the winner plans to alter the way he lives, think again. He says emphatically that he doesn’t plan to quit his job in the finance industry, even though he is a new millionaire almost one hundred times over.

Heed the call for battle from Springbok Casino this week as a new slot machine in the games lobby. South Africa’s favorite online casino invites players to come and try out the new Nine Realms slot by the software vendor, Realtime Gaming.

Head to an ancient kingdom where duty calls for you to pick up your weapons and defeat the fierce enemies that threaten its very existence. Take control of the powerful Shield of Swords and enjoy the spoils that come with it.

An explosive new online slot has landed at online casinos powered by the software vendor, Pragmatic Play.

Go on an underground adventure with the latest new title, Bomb Bonanza, which transports you deep into the subterranean gold mines of the Wild West.

Bomb Bonanza has all the fixings of a potential bestseller. The theme is one of the more popular ones among online gamblers, it guarantees high-speed gaming action and there is plenty of leeway to ensure big wins for lucky players.

The South African Powerball jackpot has been rolling over and over for the past 15 times and is simply begging to be won.

If you want to get hold of a heaving jackpot worth an estimated R92 million, then hurry on down to your local lottery retail store or buy a lottery ticket online for the July 15th draw. The two Powerball jackpots (Powerball and Powerball PLUS) combined, will be worth R105 million in the Friday draws.

This, after nobody took home the big prize in the draw that took place on Tuesday, July 12th. The biggest winners in the last draw were two players who managed to match five numbers. Their prize for this feat? A not-so-shabby R221,341.20 each!

Sun International, via its East Rand based resort, Carnival City Casino, will be giving back to the community by sponsoring science lessons for highschoolers from the Brakpan area. Advanced science lessons over the weekend will be given to pupils chosen from grades 10 through to 12.

The South African resort and casino icon said that it would be boosting the Sci-con Saturday school programme with an impressive R700,000.

R400,000 will be donated directly from Sun International, while Carnival City will make up the other R300,000.

ZAR Casino – a proudly South African online casino – has kicked off an exciting new leaderboard promotion, where players can grab their share of the R1 million prize pool by the end of the competition.

The R1 Million Patriot Leaderboard Competition is your chance to play at one of South Africa’s most popular gaming sites, enjoy the action and walk away a winner, simply for making a small deposit!

How do you win in this month-long promo at ZAR Casino?

South African online casino fans will be pleased to find a new slot game rolled out at some of their favorite sites. Online casinos that support games by the software vendor, Yggdrasil now carry Tempered Steel slot, a new 5 x 3, 20 pay line game which pounds into the busy life of a blacksmith.

Tempered Steel was created in collaboration with one of Yggdrasil’s most popular YG Masters partners, Bulletproof Games, although this is not the first title that has resulted from their partnership. In fact, Tempered Steel is the fourth slot from Bulletproof that is powered by Yggdrasil’s Game Adaption Tool and Interface (GATI), which enables technology for the development and distribution of new games.

The Supreme Court of Appeal slammed the Western Cape Gambling and Racing Board’s demands placed on three Tsogo Sun-owned casinos as “unlawful”.

Tough conditions were placed on the three casinos in Caledon, Garden Route and Mykonos, whereby they were required to “achieve an overall rating of Level 4 in terms of the Tourism Scorecard”.

The new conditions, said that court, required that the casinos submit documentation in a “blanket fashion”, without calling for individual assessments of each property.

Here’s some seriously sweet news for South African online casino fans. Your favorite online gaming site, Springbok Casino, is inviting you to play the latest title to land in its games lobby.

Sweet 16 Blast is the name of Springbok Casino’s latest online slot, and it will be available by the middle of this week.

Don’t let the saccharine-sounding title of the slot game fool you though! Sweet 16 Blast is all about winning and has some seriously big bonus features to prove it.

July 1, 2022, Johannesburg, South Africa (Press Release) – Visitors on safari in South Africa focus on the Big Five: elephant, rhino, lion, leopard and buffalo. Most are barely aware of the fearless Honey Badger whose extraordinary physical and character traits have allowed them to survive and thrive in very different natural habitats.

This month Springbok Casino pays tribute to these fascinating animals by publishing: 10 Facts About Honey Badgers.Their loose skin often saves their hides in fights and they have a secret weapon: they can drop a stink bomb that can be smelled 40 meters away.

When you think about the themes of the most popular online casino games, a much-loved list comes to mind and includes games about superheroes, ancient civilizations, gods and sports.

A sub-theme of the ancient civilizations genre includes games that follow the adventures of the ancient Mayans and Aztecs. These people were known for their magnificent collections of gold and silver, many of which have disappeared below the brush and undergrowth of ancient forests over the past few hundred years.

So, it makes sense that players are thrilled with the news from the software vendor, iSoftBet has added an exciting new title to its ever-growing platform – with a popular Aztec theme and the chance to find your own hidden treasures.

Earlier in May, we offered our readers a sneak peek at an upcoming promotion at ZAR Casino. The South African-friendly online casino hinted that this would be a promo like no other and invited players to come back in June to see what the fuss was all about.

Now we can confirm that the Luxury Train Trip competition is truly in a class of its own when it comes to online casino offers. It’s better than the weekly cash prizes up for grabs, and even better than the chance to win a 2022 Mustang!

This gorgeous prize is valued at R50,000! You’re offered the opportunity to choose one of ten luxury trips for two on world-class train.

South Africans were being kept at the edge of their seats for a few weeks after a May 22 Powerball jackpot draw, after Ithuba announced that there was a single winner of the R126 million prize.

All that was known about the winner was that he or she was from the Johannesburg area and had spent R22.50 on a quick-pick selection.

But a few weeks later, the winner finally stepped forward to claim her prize.

Sun International is once more doing its civic duty, this time via its prime Cape Town casino property, GrandWest Casino and Entertainment World.

A vacant coffee shop at GrandWest Casino has been turned into a vaccination site for the public, just in time for the school holidays.

The goal of this project, which is being run in partnership with the Western Cape government and Cold Chain Pharmacist for health services, is to make the Covid-19 vaccine more accessible to as many South Africans possible.

Recently, the online casino software vendor, Yggdrasil released a new slot game in collaboration with Jade Rabbit Studios.

Let it Slide slot is appreciated for its superb graphics, as well as its enjoyable gameplay.

The high volatility slot can now be found in the games lobby of multiple online casinos that offer their titles to South African players.

If ever there was a time to check your lottery tickets, this is it. Ithuba, operator of the South African National Lottery, has gone on a major campaign to get players to make sure that they’re not holding onto a golden ticket.

According to Ithuba, R110 million in Lotto and Powerball winnings are set to expire in the next six months if the winners don’t come forward and claim their prizes.

Winning tickets are valid for one year after a draw takes place.

June 1, 2022, Johannesburg, South Africa (Press Release) -- This month Springbok Casino salutes talented South Africans that have become known through viral videos in social media and from performances on talent shows like South Africa's Got Talent, X Factor, Idols South Africa and The Voice South Africa.

Derek Plaaitjies, from the small town of Saron in the Western Cape, made it to the finals of South Africa's Got Talent and even got a Golden Buzzer for one of his performances.

The first South African performer to get the Golden buzzer was 12-year-old Henno William.

Our friends at ZAR Casino have been whispering to us about a tantalizing new promotion that’s expected to land at this site this week.

From June 1st, you’ll be able to learn all the juicy details about a new Win a Trip competition and ZAR Casino promises that it’s a competition “like no other”.

The South African-facing gaming site has been dropping hints like crazy about the new promo. We know that it intends to “embrace the art of trave via luxury train” and part of the prize will be an “exceptional and unique experience” on this mode of transport.

Months after a potential takeover bid by Aristocrat Leisure fell through, Playtech has once again confirmed that it is involved in takeover negotiations – this time with TTB Partners. On Friday, Playtech said that previous restrictions placed on TTB Partners to make an official bid for the group were now lifted. The restrictions had been put in place last November when TTB served in an advisory capacity to Gopher Investments, which was also interested in acquiring Playtech.

The restrictions have now expired and, under rule 2.8 of the City Code on Mergers and Acquisitions, TTB Partners must signal its intentions by June 17th, 2022. If it is interested in acquiring Playtech, it should put in a firm offer before this deadline.

A South African gambler, who lost R5.2 million playing at Sun City, has tried to sue the casino for damages. He claimed that Sun City was negligent and failed to protect him since he had placed himself on the ‘banned-list’.

But a Johannesburg High Court ruled that businessman Suhail Essack was in fact responsible for his own misfortune and therefore had no grounds on which to sue Sun City.

The case came before Judge Andy Bester who heard Essack and his wife, Naseera Cassim’s claim that Sun City had been negligent in allowing him to gamble. As a result, they said, Essack blew over R5 million at the casino.