Powerball Winner Shocks Australia with $109 Million Prize
Australian Powerball Winner Announced
A Queensland Powerball player has 100 million reasons to check their ticket to see if they are one of the biggest lottery winners in Australian history.
The Lott was waiting to hear from the mystery entrant who bought an unregistered winning ticket for Thursday night's jackpot at an outlet on Brisbane's north side.
The Lott urged all Brisbane residents and visitors to check their tickets and make contact to claim their AU$100 million (NZ$109 million) prize.
"Someone has become an overnight multimillionaire but possibly doesn't know it yet. We can't wait for them to discover this winning news," spokeswoman Anna Hobdell said.
The person who claims division one of draw 1475 has become the equal third-biggest lottery winner in Australian history.
The winning numbers were 16, 24, 11, 4, 10, 18 and 23, with Powerball number 6.
Exciting Odds and Winnings
There were also 3,389,212 wins across divisions two to nine who collectively took home AU$67,789,677.20 (NZ$110,412,775), along with 10 division two winners who each scored AU$188,606.60 (NZ$307,193.94).
The Lott expected up to half of the Australian adult population to enter the draw for Powerball's biggest win of 2024.
Thursday's winner is only the sixth in Australia to know what it's like to win a lottery prize of AU$100 million (NZ$109 million) or more.
The odds of getting all seven numbers and the Powerball correct is one in 134,490,400, according to Gambler's Help and The Lott.
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