Tonight’s Powerball draw has stormed to a $100 million jackpot, the equal biggest prize offered this year.
Around half of Australian adults are expected to have an entry in the draw, which is the fifth biggest jackpot in Australian lotto history.
Lotterywest spokesperson James Mooney said the last time Powerball jackpotted to $100 million was in June.
“A dad from New South Wales became Australia’s second-biggest individual lottery winner after scoring the entire $100 million jackpot,
“Hopefully after Thursday’s $100 million Powerball draw we will be celebrating WA’s biggest winner.
“Thanks to this Powerball jackpot run Lotterywest has already raised around $12.2 million towards our grants program.
“This $100 million Powerball draw is also a chance for players to join a syndicate, we have seen a handful of big wins from WA shared in syndicates, which makes the prize that bit more special.
Tickets for tonight’s $100 million Powerball draw are available in-store, online and via the App before 6pm Thursday.
Powerball stats and facts
- This is the seventh time Powerball has offered a $100 million prize in the game’s 27-year history.
- So far in 2023, there have been nine division one winning entries that collectively have taken home more than $254 million in prize money.
- Four of these wins have landed in New South Wales, two in South Australia and one each in Queensland, Victoria and Western Australia.
- The most frequently drawn winning numbers from the main barrel are 17, 7, 9, 3 and 28, while the least frequently drawn are 31, 33, 34, 15 and 1.
- The most frequently drawn Powerball numbers are 2, 3 and 19, while the least frequently drawn Powerball numbers are 14 and 16.
- WA’s biggest win was in 2021 when a group of 55 women from a northern suburbs gym claimed the entire $80 million Powerball prize.
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