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Aussies have just hours left to secure a ticket into this week’s monumental $100 million Powerball draw – the third biggest jackpot offered by any Australian lottery game this year.
With up to half of Australian adults expected to grab a ticket into the draw, thousands of entries per minute will be generated at lottery outlets and online right up to the draw’s close at 7:30 pm AEST on Thursday night.
The last time Powerball offered a $100 million prize (in January 2024), the peak of sales was at 5.46pm on the day of the draw when 7,224 tickets were sold in a single minute.
The $100 million Powerball jackpot comes after there have been no division one winning entries during the past five draws and is the sixth biggest jackpot in the game’s 28-year history.
BRISBANE MEDIA CALL: ANTICIPATION BUILDS AHEAD OF THURSDAY’S $100 MILLION POWERBALL DRAW
WHEN: Thursday 16 May, 10am WHERE: The Lott store
Street level (up the stairs to the left of the escalator and to the right of the CQUniversity building)
180 Ann Street, Brisbane City
WHO: The Lott spokesperson Anna Hobdell More facts and figures about this week’s $100 million Powerball draw are available here.
Last week’s Powerball draw available here Powerball overlay footage available here
If one person takes home the entire $100 million prize on Thursday night, they’ll share the title of Australia’s second-biggest lottery winner ever.
The Lott spokesperson Anna Hobdell said only four other Australians knew what it was like to score a Powerball prize of $100 million or more.
“Australia’s biggest lottery winner was an inner Sydney nurse who scored more than $107 million in 2019. She initially thought she’d only won $107,000 and was flabbergasted to discover her real prize was 1,000 times more,” she said.
“And during the past 12 months, we’ve seen three people each score $100 million. First was a Bankstown dad who won in June last year with a six-game QuickPick, and then a Hawthorne woman and Singleton couple shared February’s $200 million jackpot.
“These winners all had varied plans for their prizes, but there were some common themes, including enjoying long-overdue holidays around Australia and the world, and paying forward their good fortune by helping others and causes close to their hearts.
“Could Powerball crown its fifth $100 million winner this week? Only time will tell!
“If previous big jackpots are any indication, it’s going to be busy right up until the draw’s close, but don’t leave it until the last minute or you might miss out!
“And register your entry to a player card or online account as I’ll be looking to reach out to any registered division one winner straight after the draw. If you hear your phone ringing late on Thursday night, pick it up as it could be me with some life-changing news!”
Tickets into Powerball draw 1461 on Thursday 16 May 2024 can be purchased at any licenced lottery outlet, online from thelott.com or via The Lott mobile app.
The official home of Australia’s lotteries, The Lott operates and markets Australia’s leading lottery games customers know and love creating everyday winners, winning every day.
In 2023, more than 122.7 million wins took home more than $3.76 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 (SA), Super 66, Lotto Strike and Instant Scratch-Its.
Last financial year, Australia’s official lotteries contributed more than $1.6 billion via state lottery taxes and donations to help community initiatives, such as hospitals, health research, disaster relief and education.