UPDATE 2 DECEMBER, 2024: This draw is now closed, with two winning tickets sharing the $100 million jackpot prize.

With Aussies building their $100 million Powerball (draw 1489) wish list, we’ve been working on our own – revealing where the big Powerball wins have landed over the past decade! As the excitement builds for this week’s draw, many might be wondering whether they could be the next big Powerball winner.

We’ll be curious to see if one of these winning locations live up to their reputation for the $100 million draw 1489 this Thursday 28 November.

Where the big wins have hit over the past decade

Over the past decade, Aussies have pocketed more than $4.78 billion in Powerball division one prize money – and that tally could soar once again.

We crunched the data from the past 10 years (1 November 2014 to 31 October 2024), which revealed 176 Powerball winners have been crowned with life-changing division one prizes!

We also looked at the states which enjoyed the most division one wins from the past decade. New South Wales took the lead with 66 winners, Victoria came in second at 43 and Queensland fell close behind with 38.

State

Division one wins

Total division one prize money

New South Wales

66

$1,821,380,076.03

Victoria

43

$991,479,647.13

Queensland

38

$1,084,470,181.42

Western Australia

16

$396,975,723.66

South Australia

6

$281,918,040.55

Australian Capital Territory

4

$165,507,103.16

Tasmania

2

$36,000,000.00

Northern Territory

1

$3,000,000.00

TOTAL

176

$4,780,730,771.95

States and territories with the most Powerball division one wins during the past decade (1 November 2014 and 31 October 2024).

Are you living in a lottery hotspot?

If you’re planning to make a move soon, this might be a list to keep up your sleeve. We identified the regions in each state where the most division one wins have landed during the past 10 years: 

  • In Queensland, Brisbane’s inner suburbs saw six division one wins worth more than $209 million. 
  • In New South Wales, Western Sydney & Blue Mountains enjoyed 15 division one wins worth more than $367.4 million. 
  • In Victoria, the regions of Melbourne – South-East, Central Highlands and Goldfields, Inner Melbourne and Melbourne – North each saw five division one wins (worth $153.6 million, $113.6 million, $90.5 million and $90 million, respectively). 
  • In South Australia, Southern Adelaide welcomed two division one winning entries worth than $15.25 million. 
  • In Tasmania, the town of Sorell sold the Apple Isle’s biggest Powerball division one prize of $30 million. 
  • In the Northern Territory, the town of Howard Springs sold the territory’s only Powerball division one prize. 
  • In Western Australia, the Goldfields-Esperance region sold three division one winning entries totalling more than $119.6 million

Make sure to grab an entry in-store, online, or via the Lott app before the draw closes at 7.30pm AEST Thursday 28 November 2024. We’ll be standing by ready to reach out to any division one winners from this week’s draw so make sure to register your ticket to a player card or online account.

Will your location be added to our list? We can’t wait to find out. Good luck, Australia!