If you won the lotto, what would you do first?

If you won the lotto, what would you do first?

What is the very first thing you would do if you won R145-million in the PowerBall? One person in South Africa has a PowerBall ticket worth R145-million... but they haven't claimed it yet.

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The PowerBall last week was at a staggering R145-million, and the name of the winner is still unknown. It's been confirmed by national lottery operator Ithuba that there is a single winner of this jackpot. 

Read: Here's why South Africa's secret lotto winner kept big win a mystery

In case this is news to you, and you haven't checked, the winning PowerBall numbers from Friday night were 1, 15, 23, 24, 35 and 4. 

Ithuba has confirmed that the R20 ticket was bought at a petrol station in Mpumalanga.

If you were the recipient of this PowerBall jackpot, what would be the very first thing you would do upon realising you just won that much money?

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