Four Berwick shoppers have woken up as multi-millionaires after their syndicate scored division one in last night’s Powerball draw.
Each member of the Berwick syndicate pocketed a share worth $3.7 million.
The four-share store syndicate, aptly called ‘Million Everyday’, held one of the two division one winning entries in Powerball draw 1439 on Thursday 14 December 2023. Each division one winning entry scored $15 million. A New South Wales player held the other division one winning ticket from last night’s draw.
Shares into the winning syndicate were sold at Berwick Springs Lotto and News, Kiosk 2, Eden Rise Village, 1 O’Shea Road, Berwick.
One of the syndicate members confessed her heart was racing and she was shaking after the enormity of her Powerball win was revealed by a lottery official this morning.
“Oh, my heart is going a thousand miles an hour. Don’t give me a heart attack! I’m too young for that. Oh my god, I don’t believe it!” the local woman exclaimed.
“I’m shaking. You’re making me shake!
“You don’t know how life-changing this is.
“I’m going to buy my very own home and help my children out.
“Happy New Year to me!”
Berwick Springs Lotto and News owner Bernard Aulia said he was ecstatic to have sold a Powerball syndicate that created so many multi-millionaires just in time for Christmas.
“I’m just speechless and very happy that our outlet could sell a division one winning syndicate for a Powerball draw,” he said.
“We’ve been on quite the winning streak this year. We’ve sold nine division one winning tickets since 2015 and three of these have been this year alone.
“What a thrill and a great Christmas surprise!
“This win fills our hearts with joy. Congratulations to all our winners.
“If you dream it, it will come eventually. You’ve got to be in it to win it!”
The winning numbers in Powerball draw 1439 on Thursday 14 December 2023 were 2, 6, 22, 4, 30, 18 and 8. The all-important Powerball number was 2.
Across Australia, there were two division one winning entries in Powerball draw 1439 – one each in New South Wales and Victoria.
The Lott’s division one winning tally has now reached 388 so far in 2023, including 187 won by Tatts customers.
In FY23, 21 Powerball division one winning entries across Australia pocketed more than $647.26 million in prize money.
During this time, Powerball offered a $160 million jackpot – the biggest prize ever offered by any Australian lottery game – that was won by three division one winning entries.
Of the 21 Powerball division one winning entries in FY23, 11 landed in New South Wales, three each in Victoria and South Australia, and two each in Queensland and Western Australia.
