The Powerball winning numbers are in! Two winning entries have shared the $100 million Powerball prize in draw 1489, a couple from Rockhampton and a young Preston man.
In addition to the $100 million division one winner, there were 3,080,963 million wins across divisions two to nine in tonight's draw who collectively took home $62,516,478.85 million in prizes. Make sure to check your tickets to see if you scored a win!
If you win Powerball, you have the freedom to be everything you ever wanted. But the chance to win $100 million doesn’t happen every week so this is one draw you don’t want to miss!
Will Thursday night's draw crown our next Powerball winner?
More than half of the 2023 Powerball division one winning entries were QuickPicks (11 of the 20) – where the lottery terminal randomly chooses the numbers for you.
In fact, 2023’s biggest winner – a Bankstown dad who won $100 million – scored his Powerball prize with a 6-game QuickPick, an entry that cost just $8.10.
Additionally, 11 out of 20 division one winning entries were PowerHit entries – an entry unique to Powerball that guarantees the all-important Powerball number you need to win division one.
Regardless of which entry you choose to play it is worth noting that each number has an equal chance of being drawn. It goes without saying you do need to have an entry to be in with a chance of taking home a $100 million prize!
To grab an entry in this Thursday’s Powerball draw, head in-store to your local outlet, or play online or via The Lott app.
Playing Powerball is easy! To buy your entry simply choose your favourite seven numbers and a Powerball number.
Powerball is drawn from 2 barrels. 7 numbers are drawn from the main barrel (numbered from 1 to 35) and 1 Powerball number is drawn from the Powerball barrel (numbered from 1 to 20).
There are 9 prize divisions in Powerball. You can win a prize with as little as 2 winning numbers plus the Powerball number in a single game. To win the division one jackpot your entry needs to match all 7 winning numbers plus the Powerball number in a single game. Powerball could give you the freedom to play by your own rules.
Powerball draws close at 7.30pm (AEST) every Thursday night.
We're often asked 'What happens when you win?'. We encourage all players to register their entry, that way we can contact any registered division one winners straight after the draw to confirm that life changing news and begin the prize claim process.
When we reach out to confirm the win, our teams must follow a strict process to firstly confirm we are speaking to the rightful ticket holder. If you are a registered player, we will have all the details you’ve used to sign up as well as things like the exact type of ticket you bought, how many games, the numbers on the ticket and where you purchased it from.
Once we’ve confirmed we are speaking to the rightful ticket holder, we break the big news!
But if you bought a physical ticket in-store and it was not linked to a player card, we need you to call us on 131 868 if you think you have won the big one. You will need to fill out a prize claim form which can either be mailed to you, printed from our website, or picked up in person from a newsagent.
Once the form is filled out, it must be mailed back to us – along with the winning ticket – or dropped off in-person at a prize administration office.
Along with a novelty cheque and some celebratory champagne, we send each of our division one winners a booklet that details things they may like to consider, like speaking to a financial advisor and sharing the news with loved ones.
The odds of winning Division 1 is 134,490,400:1. It's important to note that Powerball is a game of chance where all numbers are drawn randomly. Each number has an equal chance of being drawn.