With no first division winner for Thursday’s Powerball $30m prize, the jackpot will rocket to $50m next week

The Powerball jackpot is now $50m after noone had the winning ticket for Thursday’s $30m, but a few lucky Aussies pocketed a hefty sum this week.

The Powerball jackpot has rocketed to $50m with no winning entry for the first division winning entry for Thursday night’s $30m draw.

The winning numbers were 21, 35, 26, 23, 15, 10, 7 and the Powerball number was 18.

However, four lucky Aussies managed to score big after splitting the division two prize of $483,505.80, with each of the foursome now $120,876.45 richer.

Powerball has jackpotted to $50m, while four lucky Aussies split $480k in a division two. Picture: NewsWire / Nikki Short

With no winner for draw number 1515 on Thursday, the Powerball jackpot the prize will now soar to a staggering $50m for the June 5 draw.

This comes just days after the Oz Lotto’s $50m prize also failed to go off. Next Tuesday’s prise has soared to $70m.

That means two whopping jackpots – totalling $120m – will be up for grabs next week.

The Powerball jackpot has upped the digits to $50m after no claims were made for the $30m. Picture: Supplied.

Previously, an Aussie man bagged the $30m Powerball jackpot on 9 May as the sole division one winner.

The NSW man from Cessnock, was ecstatic at the news of his win, and said “there would no more worrying about bills now”.

“For a start, I’ll look at buying a new house and looking after the family. Then, I’ll take it from there,” he said.

“I’m going to ring my kids right now and tell them the news!”

Originally published as With no first division winner for Thursday’s Powerball $30m prize, the jackpot will rocket to $50m next week