One winner scoops $107m in Powerball
After another delay, the winning Powerball numbers have been drawn, and one lucky winner has scooped up $107.57 million. Was it you or someone you know?
One winner from NSW has scooped up $107.57 million in Thursday night’s Powerball draw.
Although the Powerball prize had been set at $100m, it blew out an extra $7m as large numbers of investors bought tickets in a bid to take out the top prize.
The second division prize of $1.89m was shared by 20 winners, each getting a payout of $94,792.
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The winning numbers drawn in the $100 million Powerball were 4, 11, 18, 20, 22, 26, 33 and the Powerball number was 9.
Hundreds of thousands of Aussies were in the rush to buy tickets, many choosing their numbers very carefully ahead of the huge draw — the equal highest jackpot amount in Powerball history.
Despite no one taking home the division one prize last week, there were 15 division two winning entries that were just one number off winning the life-changing division one prize.
The only number the division two winners were missing was the Powerball and what’s even worse is there was one simple thing they could have done to ensure they had it.
Spokeswoman for the Lott, Bronwyn Spencer, said the entrants would be “kicking themselves”.
“Imagine getting all of the seven winning numbers from the main barrel, but missing out on the jackpot because you didn’t have that all important Powerball number,” she said.
“While the division two winners did take home over $80,000 in prize money each, I am sure they are kicking themselves for not getting a PowerHit entry, an entry that guarantees you the Powerball number.”
Last year 14 division one winners took home $344 million between them. Ms Spencer said that PowerHit entries counted for around a quarter of the winners.
“We also found that almost two-thirds were QuickPick entries, where the numbers were randomly generated by the lottery terminal,” she said.
Last night’s draw came after a delay of more than 30 minutes, during which some impatient investors vented their frustrations on Twitter.
It was the second major delay in Powerball after the draw was held up due to technical glitches just last week.
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