$3 million Powerball jackpot will increase again after no division one winners

Powerball has been drawn for the $3 million jackpot. Check the lucky numbers here to see if you are a winner.

Powerball is set to jackpot from $3 million after no one took out the division one prize.

The winning numbers you needed this week were 3, 10, 23, 24, 14, 8, 21 and the powerball was 5.

So far this year, there have been 12 Powerball division one winning entries, totalling $410 million in division one prize money.

The largest Powerball prize won so far this year was an $80 million jackpot won in August by a North Melbourne cleaner.

Another dad also cleaned up last week.

The self-proclaimed “battler” from Ipswich, Queensland, walked away with almost $10 million in Powerball prize money.

The Powerball prize is back to the beginning after someone nabbed last week’s jackpot.

“After all these years, we have finally won. It is absolutely incredible!” the Ipswich dad told lottery officials.

“We’ve gone from being real battlers to having money. I can’t wrap my head around it.

“We never expected to win this much. It will change our lives in such a massive way.

“I am honestly really lost for words. I can hardly string a sentence together.”

The dad then outlined what he was going to do with the windfall.

“We will pay off the mortgage to begin with and be debt-free,” he said.

“I will work part-time instead of full-time. I have always wanted to make some smart investments and of course, help our children.

“I will be able to pay off their mortgages in full. And when we can, we will travel around the country.

“It will make a big change. The reality of it all really hasn’t sunk in.”

So far this year, six of the 12 Powerball division one winning entries have been from NSW, four from Queensland, one from Victoria and one from the ACT.

Powerball results will be announced at 8.30pm AEST.

A survey from Oz Lotto past winners found the most popular thing to do with a large windfall was invest it for the future – which 63 per cent of survey respondents said they did.

The next most common way to spend the money was helping out family and friends, with 52 per cent of winners doing that.

Of the winners, 41 per cent paid off their mortgage with their new-found cash.

Then 36 per cent bought a new car, 25 per cent donated to charity and 23 per cent bought a new house.

Thirteen per cent retired from work while 5 per cent switched jobs or dropped down to part-time.

Only 3 per cent decided to take the plunge and start a new business venture.