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Ahead of tonight’s $3 million Powerball draw, Australia’s biggest individual lottery winner has offered some words of wisdom to the next Aussie who takes home the Powerball jackpot.
In January 2019, a Sydney nurse in her 40s became an overnight multi-millionaire, winning a recording-breaking $107 million Powerball prize.
The Lott has shared with the nation exactly how the humble and hardworking mum has been enjoying her multi-million-dollar prize. Reflecting on the past two years, she had handy hints for the next player who takes home a Powerball division one prize of such whopping proportions.
“My advice is, if it’s possible and you can stand it, wake up the next morning and go to work,” the winner advised.
“In the beginning, it’s important to go about your usual day-to-day life while you really think about things.
“It gives you normality, and it allows the news to slowly sink in.”
The down-to-earth mum in her 40s said the most important thing any major lottery winner could do was get the right financial advice.
“Run, don’t walk, to a really good financial advisor,” she explained.
“It takes two weeks for the prize money to come through. I used those two weeks to engage a financial advisor who I really trusted.”
When it comes to sharing the life-changing news with your family and friends, the record-breaking winner said you didn’t need to rush to tell people.
“Take some time to think about who you might tell before you start sharing the news with your family and friends and let the story get out of the headlines first,” she said.
“If this news affects relationships in a negative way, then it’s probably time for that relationship to end anyway and that’s just natural.
“No one ever asked me for money, not one person. I told people it had been locked away.
“Honestly, everyone we told was in tears – genuine, happy tears!
“I don’t think one person didn’t have a little cry. Everyone was so overwhelmingly happy and excited for us!”
The Lott spokesperson Lauren Cooney said the next Powerball winner could have plenty in common with Australia’s biggest lottery winner.
“We can’t wait to see where the next Powerball prize will land and how it will change the winner’s life,” she said.
“There’s no doubt that regardless of whether one or more people take home this jackpot prize, they will truly be able to play by their own rules.
“For a chance to be our next winner, you do need to grab an entry. We also recommend you register your entries to a players card or online account because we will be standing by to reach out to any division one winners right after the draw.”
Powerball draw 1312 closes at 7:30pm AEST on Thursday 8 July 2021.
Tickets can be purchased at any licensed lottery outlet, online from thelott.com or via The Lott mobile app.
In 2020, 14 Powerball division one winners across Australia pocketed more than $470.1 million in prize money.
Of the 14 Powerball division one winning entries in 2020, six landed in Queensland, five in New South Wales and three in Victoria.
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In 2020, more than 111.6 million winners took home more than $3.33 billion in prize money from their favourite games at The Lott, including Saturday Lotto, Monday & Wednesday Lotto, Powerball, Oz Lotto, Set for Life, Lucky Lotteries, Keno, Super 66, Lotto Strike and Instant Scratch-Its.
Last financial year, Australia’s Official Lotteries contributed more than $1.4 billion via state lottery taxes and donations to help community initiatives, such as hospitals, health research, disaster relief and education.
