With $100 million up for grabs in Thursday night’s Powerball draw, Australian lottery players may be keen to discover the entry types and numbers that have helped previous division one winners take home the coveted prize.
The $100 million jackpot for Powerball draw 1379 on Thursday 20 October 2022 is the second biggest prize offered by any Australian lottery game this year and the first time Powerball has offered $100 million in 2022.
The jackpot has reached this level after there were no division one winners during the past four Powerball draws.
The Lott spokesperson James Eddy said up to half of Australian adults were expected to have an entry into this week’s draw in the hope they became Powerball’s sixteenth division one winner of 2022.
“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,” he said.
“The idea of winning this life-changing jackpot 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.”
Where the Powerball jackpots have landed so far this year
- There have been 15 Powerball division one wins in 2022 to date that have collectively won more than $454 million in prize money.
- Nine of these division one wins have been in New South Wales, three in Victoria and one each in Queensland, South Australia and Western Australia (see table below).
- There have already been more Powerball division one wins so far in 2022 than there were during 2019, 2020 or 2021.
| State | 2022 Powerball division one wins | Total division one prize money |
| New South Wales | 9 | $221,084,400.39 |
| Victoria | 3 | $70,000,000.00 |
| Queensland | 1 | $60,000,000.00 |
| South Australia | 1 | $40,000,000.00 |
| Western Australia | 1 | $63,309,056.98 |
| Total | 15 | $454,393,457.37 |
The entries that have won Powerball jackpots so far this year
- Two-thirds of the 2022 Powerball division one winning entries to date have been QuickPicks – where the lottery terminal randomly chooses the numbers for you.
- About a quarter of the 2022 Powerball division one winning entries to date 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, 9, 2 and 25, while the least frequently drawn are 33, 31, 34 and 6.
- 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 18, 16 and 14.
Australia’s FY22 lottery hotspots
- Suburbs in each state and territory that were home to the outlets that sold the most division one winning entries across all lottery games in FY22:
- In Victoria, the postcode of 3199 for Frankston sold four division one winning entries.
- In New South Wales and the ACT, the postcode of 2444 for Port Macquarie sold three division one winning entries.
- In Queensland, the postcodes of 4670 for Bundaberg / North Bundaberg and 4740 for Rural View / Slade Point each sold three division one winning entries.
- In South Australia, the postcode of 5000 for Adelaide sold three 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 0828 for Berrimah delivered the Northern Territory’s division one biggest prize from an in-store ticket.
- In Western Australia, the postcode of 6163 for Hamilton Hill / Yangebub / Spearwood sold five division one winning entries.
Powerball draw 1379 closes 7.30pm AEST on Thursday 20 October 2022.
Tickets can be purchased at any licensed 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 FY22, more than 133.5 million winners took home more than $3.93 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, 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.
