Powerball climbs to huge $60m jackpot

Powerball’s draw 1413 is about to happen on Thursday June 15, the jackpot prize surging to $60m after the previous 4 attracts did not reap any division one winners.

It’s believed a staggering one in six Aussies can have an entry to this week’s draw.

The Lott spokesman Matt Hart stated a lady from Echuca and a person from Swan Valley had been the nation’s largest lottery winners of the yr to date.

“They both won $40m each in separate Powerball draws earlier this year,” he stated.

Mr Hart stated because of a “steady procession” of division one winners all year long, the jackpot hadn’t climbed to a really excessive sum, “until now”.

“Any division one winners in this week’s Powerball draw would be paid their prize on June 30,” he stated.

“That’s surely one way to end the financial year on a high.”

Mr Hart additionally stated nearly all of this yr’s winners had been “marked entries”.

“Five of the eight Powerball division one winning entries of 2023 … (were) where people have selected the numbers on their ticket,” he stated.

Essentially the most ceaselessly drawn profitable numbers from the principle barrel are additionally reported to have been 17, 7, 9, 2 and 28, whereas probably the most ceaselessly drawn Powerball numbers are 3 and 19.

Mr Hart has suggested any Aussies eager to take part to get their ticket effectively upfront as the large jackpot is anticipated to draw many contributors in-store main as much as the draw’s shut at 7.30pm AEST on Thursday.

There have been eight division one profitable entries to date this yr, three of which had been in NSW, two in SA and one in Queensland, Victoria and WA.

Collectively the winners have taken house greater than $154m in prize cash.