Aussies are dreaming about how 2023 and beyond might look with a $100 million Powerball prize in their bank accounts.
Powerball has soared to a phenomenal $100 million for this week’s draw, draw 1389 on Thursday 29 December 2022 – the last Powerball draw of the year.
The $100 million prize is the third biggest jackpot offered by any Australian lottery game this year. It’s also the fifth-biggest jackpot in Australian lottery history.
The Powerball jackpot has reached this level after there were no division one winners during the past four draws.
The Lott spokesperson Matt Hart said up to half of all Australian adults were expected to have an entry into this week’s Powerball draw in the hope they could enter 2023 as a newly-minted multi-millionaire.
“The last time Powerball offered a $100 million prize, in October 2022, the peak of sales was at 6.12pm on the day of the draw when more than 6,900 tickets were sold in a single minute,” he said.
“If just one person scores the entire $100 million prize on Thursday night, they’ll also be crowned the second biggest Australian lottery winner in history.
“The idea of winning this life-changing jackpot just moments before 2023 arrives is sure to get Aussies dreaming big this week.
“As long as you’ve got a ticket in your hand before the draw’s close at 7.30pm AEST on Thursday night, you’re in with a chance to win!
“If you’re grabbing a ticket, be sure to register your entry to a player card or online account. This means if you win division one, we can call you immediately after the draw with the life-changing news.”
Powerball draw 1389 closes 7.30pm AEST on Thursday 29 December 2022.
Tickets can be purchased at any licensed lottery outlet, online from thelott.com or via The Lott mobile app.
Where the Powerball jackpots have landed this year
- Powerball has been on a winning streak this year with more Powerball division one wins so far in 2022 than there were during each of the past five years.
- There have been 19 Powerball division one wins in 2022 to date that have collectively won more than $664 million in prize money.
- Eleven of these division one wins have been in New South Wales, with four in Victoria, two in Western Australia and one each in Queensland and South Australia.
| State | 2022 Powerball division one wins | Total division one prize money |
| New South Wales | 11 | $324,417,733.73 |
| Victoria | 4 | $123,333,333.34 |
| Western Australia | 2 | $116,642,390.32 |
| Queensland | 1 | $60,000,000.00 |
| South Australia | 1 | $40,000,000.00 |
| Total | 19 | $664,393,457.39 |
The entries that have won Powerball jackpots so far this year
- Almost three-quarters of the 2022 Powerball division one winning entries have been QuickPicks – where the lottery terminal randomly chooses the numbers.
- Almost a third (31.5%) of the 2022 Powerball division one winning entries have been PowerHit entries – an entry unique to Powerball that guarantees the all-important Powerball number you need to win division one.
Powerball’s “Hot” and “Cold” numbers
- While Powerball is a game of chance, and every number has an equal chance of being drawn, there are some numbers we have seen drawn out of the barrel more often than others.
- From the main barrel, where seven winning numbers are drawn from 35, the most frequently drawn numbers are 17, 7, 2 and 9, while the least frequently drawn are 33, 33, 31, 34 and 15.
- From the separate Powerball barrel, where a single Powerball number is drawn from 20, the most frequently drawn Powerball number is 19, while the least frequently drawn Powerball numbers are 16 and 14.
Australia’s 2022 lottery hotspots
- The suburbs in each state and territory that were home to the outlets that sold the most division one winning entries between January and November 2022:
- In Victoria, the postcodes of 3150 for Wheelers Hill/Glen Waverley, 3802 for Endeavour Hills, 3109 for Doncaster, and 3199 for Frankston each sold three division one winning entries.
- In New South Wales and the ACT, the postcode of 2428 for Forster and 2142 for Granville each sold three division one winning entries.
- In Queensland, the postcode of 4551 for Caloundra, 4207 for Logan Village/Eagleby/Windaroo, 4506 for Morayfield and 4740 for Eimeo/Mackay each sold three division one winning entries.
- In South Australia, the postcode of 5000 for Adelaide sold two division one winning entries.
- In Tasmania, the postcode of 7250 for Launceston/Newstead sold two division one winning entries.
- In the top-end, the postcode of 830 for Yarrawonga delivered the Northern Territory’s biggest prize from an entry sold in-store.
- In Western Australia, the postcode of 6432 for Boulder sold four division one winning entries.
