Victoria crowns 84 Lotto millionaires in 2022 followed by NSW at 80

One state has taken out the top spot for the largest lottery wins while a lucky punter won a whopping $63 million. See if your postcode rates.

Victoria has again taken out the top spot for the largest Lotto wins in Australia for the seventh year in a row, with the state crowning 84 new millionaires in 2022.

While Victoria recorded the most major prizes in 2022 to date, New South Wales scored the most division one prize money and racked up 80 millionaires.

NSW also posted the nation’s biggest individual lottery prize of the year after a staggering $63 million Powerball win in February by a man from Coffs Harbour.

New data from The Lott has revealed where the nation’s luckiest Lotto hot spots and postcodes are, including the suburbs in each state and territory where the most division one winning entries were sold in 2022.

The new data comes ahead of the $40 Million Megadraw on New Year’s Eve. Picture: Supplied

It comes ahead of Saturday Lotto’s $40 Million Megadraw on New Year’s Eve.

Victoria finished 2022 on a high with the most division one wins, with 142 entries that scored more than $394 million in prize money.

NSW and the ACT had less entries — 109 — but racked up more prize money with a total of $529 million.

Queensland scored $231 million from 92 division one entries while South Australia landed $79 million from 37 division one entries.

Tasmania had 13 division one entries that resulted in over $14 million in prize money while the Northern Territory's division one wins totalled more than $10 million.

In Victoria, the postcodes of 3150 for Wheelers Hill/Glen Waverley, 3802 for Endeavour Hills, 3109 for Doncaster, and 3199 for Frankston were the states’s luckiest — each sold three division one winning entries with prize money totalling more than $20 million.

The annual Saturday Lotto Megadraw is famous for being a “millionaire-maker”.

In New South Wales and the ACT, the postcodes of 2428 for Forster and 2142 for Granville each sold three division one winning entries, resulting in a whopping $74 million in prize money.

In Queensland, the postcodes of 4551 for Caloundra, 4207 for Logan Village/Eagleby/Windaroo, 4506 for Morayfield and 4740 for Eimeo/Mackay each sold three division one winning entries, with prize money totalling more than $15 million.

In South Australia, the postcode of 5000 for Adelaide sold two division one winning entries.

In Tasmania, the postcode of 7250 for Launceston/Newstead sold two division one winning entries.

Victoria finished 2022 on a high in 2022 with the most division one wins.

In the Northern Territory, the postcode of 0830 for Yarrawonga delivered the Northern Territory’s biggest prize from an entry sold in-store.

The Lott spokesman James Eddy encouraged Australians to get their entry for the New Year’s Eve draw early and register that entry to an online account or players card.

“The annual Saturday Lotto Megadraw is famous for being a millionaire-maker, and this year’s $40 million jackpot on New Year’s Eve proves the last chance of Aussie to finish 2022 as a division one winner,” he said.

“We know lottery wins can land anywhere and at any time, but in the first 11 months of 2022, we’ve seen pockets of wins emerge in different postcodes and regions.

“From Darwin to Launceston and everywhere in between, we’ve seen division one wins land far and wide across Australia this year, transforming the lives of players from all walks of life.

“Just imagine what the new year would look like if you won division one in the last Australian lottery draw of 2022.”

The $40 Million Megadraw, Saturday Lotto draw 4325, is on December 31.

Originally published as Victoria crowns 84 Lotto millionaires in 2022 followed by NSW at 80