Australian lottery history could be made next week if one player takes home the entire $80 million Powerball jackpot on offer for next Thursday’s draw!
It comes after tonight’s $50 million division one prize eluded players across the nation, prompting the Powerball prize to jackpot higher for the seventh week in a row.
Next week’s $80 million prize is the second biggest jackpot Powerball has offered in the game’s 23-year Australian history.
While no entries scored the division one prize in tonight’s Powerball draw, a total of 1,480,287 prizes worth more than $25.07 million were won in divisions two to nine. This includes six division two winners who each take home $115,772.90.
The Lott spokesperson Matt Hart said the current Australian record for the biggest division one win by a single entry was a massive $70 million Powerball prize won by a Hervey Bay couple in 2016.
“Powerball is Australia’s most powerful jackpotting game, and we could see a new Australian lottery record created next week if just one entry claims the entire $80 million division one prize,” he said.
“With many Aussies already back at work or heading back to work next week after the festive season, many have no doubt already begun dreaming about what 2019 could look like if they scored next week’s massive Powerball prize.
“January has a track record of big Powerball jackpot wins. In 2017, a private syndicate of 21 Queensland Government workers shared a $55 million Powerball prize, while last year a mystery Melbourne winner also snared $55 million. Who knows what Powerball has in store this January?”
In the 12 months ending 2018, there were 16 Powerball division one winning entries nationally that collectively took home $367 million. The biggest individual Powerball prize won during 2018 was $60 million, won in November by a man from Burleigh Heads.
The numbers drawn tonight in Powerball draw 1181 on Thursday 3 January 2019 were 8, 11, 19, 12, 7, 25 and 33 and the Powerball was number 13.
The $80 million Powerball draw 1182 will take place on Thursday 10 January 2019.
Tickets can be purchased at any licensed lottery outlet, online from thelott.com or via the Lott mobile app.
The Lott’s division one winning tally across all Australian lottery games has now reached 197 so far this financial year.
The sign of Australia’s Official Lotteries, the Lott operates and markets Australia’s leading lottery games customers know and love creating everyday winners, winning every day.
In the 12 months to 30 June 2018, 74 million winners took home a total of $2.7 billion in prize money from their favourite games which include Saturday Lotto, Monday and Wednesday Lotto, Powerball, Oz Lotto, Set for Life, Lucky Lotteries, Keno and Instant Scratch-Its.