One fortunate Aussie may turn out to be the yr’s largest lottery winner to this point, with the chance to complete the monetary yr as a multi-millionaire in an enormous $60m draw.
Powerball’s draw 1413 is about to happen on Thursday June 15, the jackpot prize surging to $60m after the previous 4 attracts didn’t reap any division one winners.
It’s believed a staggering one in six Aussies could have an entry to this week’s draw.
The Lott spokesman Matt Hart mentioned a lady from Echuca and a person from Swan Valley had been the nation’s largest lottery winners of the yr thus far.
“They both won $40m each in separate Powerball draws earlier this year,” he mentioned.
Mr Hart mentioned 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 mentioned.
“That’s surely one way to end the financial year on a high.”
Mr Hart additionally mentioned the vast majority 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 mentioned.
The most ceaselessly drawn profitable numbers from the primary barrel are additionally reported to have been 17, 7, 9, 2 and 28, whereas essentially the most ceaselessly drawn Powerball numbers are 3 and 19.
Mr Hart has suggested any Aussies eager to take part to get their ticket nicely upfront as the enormous jackpot is anticipated to draw many members in-store main as much as the draw’s shut at 7.30pm AEST on Thursday.
There have been eight division one profitable entries thus far this yr, three of which have been in NSW, two in SA and one in Queensland, Victoria and WA.
Collectively the winners have taken dwelling greater than $154m in prize cash.
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
