A Bahrs Scrub woman has had her Friday morning turned upside down after discovering she’d bagged more than $5 million in last night’s Powerball draw.
The Logan woman held the only division one winning entry in Powerball draw 1447, drawn Thursday 8 February 2024. She took home a total prize of $5,098,926.32.
“Oh my god! Oh my god! Oh my god!” the winning woman gasped when an official from The Lott called to confirm her windfall.
“I don’t even know what to say!
“What on earth has happened?
“I’m sorry, I’m just struggling to process this news.
“It was almost an accidental purchase! My husband normally buys our entries, but he was having a few issues, so I said, ‘Oh, I’ll just jump on and do it’.
“He figured it out and bought an entry, but by that stage, so had I!
“Oh my god, our mortgage is gone!
“This is going to change our life! We’ll have to start looking at overseas holidays, maybe new business ventures.
“I don’t know. We’ve got so many options!”
The woman’s winning 36-game QuickPick entry was purchased online at thelott.com – the official home of Australia’s lotteries.
The winning numbers in Powerball draw 1447 on Thursday 8 February 2024 were 25, 12, 6, 20, 26, 16 and 7. The all-important Powerball number was 2.
Across Australia, there was one division one winning entry in Powerball draw 1447 – One in Queensland.
The Lott’s division one winning tally has now reached 249 so far in FY24, including 57 won by Golden Casket customers.
In 2023, 20 Powerball division one winning entries across Australia pocketed more than $552.15 million in prize money.
During this time, a Bankstown dad scored a $100 million jackpot and became the second-biggest Australian lottery winner of all time.
Of the 20 Powerball division one winning entries in 2023, eight landed in New South Wales, seven in Victoria, two each in South Australia and Western Australia, and one in Queensland.
