Powerball’s $8 million jackpot offers life-changing amount of money

With two winners scoring $40 million each last week, many Aussies are hoping to replicate their success as the Powerball numbers are revealed.

Powerball’s top prize is offering $8 million in Thursday night’s draw after last week’s $80 million jackpot was shared by two Sydney players.

The jackpot hasn’t gone off at $8 million so far this year. Last week’s division one winners took home $40 million each.

This week’s numbers are 15, 23, 3, 10, 30, 14, 35. The Powerball is 15.

There were no division one or two winners, meaning the large jackpot rolls over to next week’s draw. Thirty-five winners in divsion three won $12,872.20 each.

The Lott’s Lauren Cooney said she was sure last week’s Powerball winners had spent the week still reeling from their incredible win.

“It was such a joy to speak with these winners and confirm that they had won $40 million,” she said.

“I have no doubt they’ve spent the last few days still trying to come to terms with the news and planning what they will do with their prize. We can’t wait to speak to our next Powerball winner.”

A winners of the huge pot of money included a Smithfield man who confessed he had tears streaming down his face when he realised he was $40 million richer from last week’s Powerball draw.

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Two people won $40 million each in last week’s Powerball draw. Picture: Supplied

While his entry was registered to a player card, officials from The Lott had been unable to reach him as one of the digits in his phone number was incorrect.

“I checked my ticket on the weekend. Oh my god. My heart was jumping out of my body. It was pounding. Even now it’s racing,” he said at the time.

“I’d heard there was another Powerball winner they were trying to contact.

“I even said to my friend, ‘We’ll never win, only old people win.’

The other winner, a Campbelltown woman, took a little while to come to terms with the news she’s now $40 million richer and has admitted her grandson will forever be her favourite after predicting she’d win.

“I didn’t believe I’d won but then, when I was watching the news, I saw all of these stories about a Campbelltown retiree winning Powerball and I started to think that maybe it could be real,” she said last week.

“It’s funny because the media has been saying that my grandson must be my favourite now because he told me I was going to win, and I can tell you, he definitely is. Although it’s starting to sink in, I still can’t believe that my life has suddenly changed overnight.”

So far in 2021, there have been six Powerball division one winners who have together shared $200 million in division one prize money.