The life of 1 fortunate Australian could possibly be modified in a single day, with an eye-watering $40m Powerball up for grabs in Thursday’s draw.
The jackpot and supreme prize for draw 1418, may see somebody match a few of 2023’s largest winners up to now.
And to extend your probabilities of profitable the Lott, operator of Powerball, has launched new knowledge revealing the stunning tendencies round this yr’s luckiest Powerball entries up to now.
Of 2023’s 9 huge winners, 4 had been in NSW, two in SA and one every in Queensland, Victoria and WA.
In complete the winners took residence greater than $254m in prize cash.
The largest winner of the yr up to now was a Western Sydney man who took residence $100m on June 22 and have become the second-biggest winner in Australian lottery historical past.
He was adopted by the second largest wins of the yr up to now, which had been in Victoria and WA, each amassing a $40m jackpot.
The largest Australian lottery winner of all time was a Sydney nurse who gained greater than $107m in January 2019.
Of the 9 Powerball division one winners in 2023, 5 of which had been marked entries.
A marked entry is when an individual selects the numbers on their ticket themselves — in earlier years QuickPicks (randomly generated numbers on tickets) had been probably the most profitable.
Four of this yr’s division one profitable entries had been PowerHit entries, a ticket which ensures the Powerball quantity wanted to win division one.
While the numbers drawn in Powerball are utterly random and every have an equal likelihood of being chosen, there are some which have appeared extra typically than others.
As of June 19, the Powerball’s principal barrel, which selects seven numbers from 1-35, mostly produced the numbers 17, 7, 9, 2 and 28.
The least steadily drawn from the primary barrel had been 31, 33, 34, 15 and 6.
The Powerball barrel, from which the only essential Powerball quantity is drawn from 1-20, mostly noticed 3 and 19 chosen.
Both 14 and 16 had been the rarest to be drawn.
Tonight’s $40m Powerball, draw 1418, closes at 7.30pm AEST on July 20, 2023.
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
