20 people won South African lottery after playing 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 -- sparking fraud calls

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Twenty people won South Africa's national lottery this week by picking the numbers 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10.

, as many questioned if a scam occurred. The outcry prompted the country's lottery regulator to respond over the"public scrutiny" of the draw..Lottery balls tumble in a drawing sphere during a lottery press presentation outside Paris, Sept. 26, 2016.

The winners all split Tuesday's jackpot of 114 million South African rand, or nearly $7.5 million -- for about 5.7 million rand each.An Ithuba spokesperson denied accusations of fraud and urged winners to claim their prizes in a report by radio stationThe NLC issued a statement on Wednesday to"assure" South Africans about the lottery's integrity.

The NLC said it received a report from Ithuba on Tuesday's drawing. Based on that, it only recommended that the operator educate the public on the odds of winning and how its random number generator system works.

 

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I think its a scam - someone manipulated the lotto machine & those numbers pop up in that order 😵😟😞🤔🤐🙁🙃😖😕😫🙊🙈😤😡😠😈👿

This is a scam no ways

Fraud Alert❗ 💯... ✔️

Seriously, you report on this but not how JoeBiden stole an election?BidenCheated

Do people know that this is an easy way to laundry money right?

What a joke!

Wow

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