The beachfront home and luxury car will have to wait, with no one picking the winning numbers in last night’s $100 million Powerball draw.
It means the jackpot has now soared to a whopping $150 million, the third biggest lottery prize offered in Australian history.
The Lott confirmed late last night that not one ticket held the lucky numbers, prompting the jackpot to continue to roll for the sixth week in a row.
However, despite no one becoming an instant multi-millionaire, a total of 3,197,881 prizes worth more than $64.37 million were still won in divisions two to nine.
Among those were 10 division two winners, who were heartbreakingly just one number shy of taking home the multi-million-dollar prize, instead pocketing $179,059.50.
Next week’s draw could see one lucky Aussie become the nation’s biggest ever sole lottery winner, with half of all adults expected to try their luck.
“It’s undeniable that the prospect of winning a share of the $150 million division one prize will captivate the attention of countless Aussies in the coming days as excitement continues to build,” The Lott spokesperson Anna Hobdell said. .
“We’ve only seen Powerball offer $150 million on two previous occasions… In 2019, three division one winning entries shared the prize, while earlier this year, the jackpot wasn’t won and the prize climbed higher.”
Ms Hobdell said the peak of sales during this week’s draw was at 6.44pm last night, when 7,980 entries were snapped up in just one minute.
“We were ready and willing to call any registered division one winners in the $100 million Powerball draw on Thursday night, but no player held all the seven winning numbers and the all-important Powerball number needed to score division one,” she said.
“Registering tickets to a player card or online account enables us to promptly contact any division one winner after the draw, should they strike it big next Thursday night.
“Could we witness history if a single player claims the entire $150 million Powerball prize? Only time will tell!”
The winning numbers in last night’s draw were 13, 9, 1, 18, 12, 2 and 14, while the all-important Powerball number was 3.
