Quotes
Please attribute quotes to Lotterywest spokesperson James Mooney
“This Powerball jackpot is a new national record and we’re hoping for a Western Australian winner or even better, a WA syndicate to take out Division One,” Mr Mooney said.
“This history-making $150 million jackpot is another opportunity for workmates, family or friends to team up in a syndicate and hopefully share in a Powerball dream.
“Thanks to this nine-week Powerball run we’re expecting to raise more than $25 million for the WA community."
Mr Mooney said the Division One winners Lotterywest has stayed in touch with have overwhelmingly reported their lives changing for the better as a result of their wins.
“We recently checked in on the family who won $50 milllion on Powerball in 2015, and they told us that they expanded their business, and have quietly helped out family and friends," Mr Mooney said.
“Quietly because only a handful of people know that they won.”
Facts
- If one or two WA entries win the entire $150 million it would be a record for the state
- If one national player wins the entire $150 million prize it will be the largest Lotto prize won in Australian history.
- The biggest prize in WA Lotto history was on Powerball when a Perth family took out the entire $50 million Division One prize in July 2015.
- The Australian record for an individual winner is $107 million in January this year. It was won on Powerball by a Sydney woman.
- The second biggest national win was $70 million in January 2016 to a Queensland winner.
- Our busiest hour is expected to be between 4-5pm on Thursday where it’s estimated to peak at 1,200 tickets sold per minute.
- This is the third time Powerball has jackpotted to $100 million or more this year.
- We expect to sell more than 1 million tickets in this draw.
Ticket types and “hot” numbers
- A Powerpik ticket gives you the winning Powerball number, which increases your chances of winning since you need the Powerball number to win Division One and five of the other eight divisions. A Powerpik 7 is $24.
- 2018-19 financial year saw more than 5.3 million WA Powerball winners share in $97.5 million in prizes.
- A standard 12 game entry will see your odds of a Division One prize at around 1 in 11.2 million, however a Powerpik 7 ticket can turn these odds into 1 in 6.7 million.
- Another way to increase your chances of a win/winning is to team up with a syndicate where you can share the cost of more games
- Between July 2018 to June 2019, the most frequent winning numbers from Barrel A were
- 17 (drawn 20 times)
- 2, 11, 20, 29 (drawn 14 times each) and
- 4, 7 and 22 (drawn 13 times each).
- Most frequent winning Powerball numbers are 19 (drawn 6 times), 3 (drawn 5 times) followed by 7, 13 and 20 (drawn 4 times each)
- In terms of “unlucky” numbers, in the last financial year the least drawn numbers were: 12 (drawn 5 times), and 1, 15, 16, and 26 (each drawn 6 times).
- For the Powerball number, within the same timeframe, the least drawn numbers were: 16 and 18 (each only drawn once), and 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, and 17 (each drawn twice).
Top 10 suburbs
- Perth
- Morley
- Cloverdale
- Mandurah
- Bunbury
- Midland
- Geraldton
- Kalgoorlie
- Rockingham
- Albany
Community
- Since 2008, WA Powerball players have won more than $800 million in prize money, including more than $244 million on Division One.
- Since July 2007, Powerball has raised over $567 million for the WA community.
The game
- Powerball is a jackpotting game.
- You need seven winning numbers plus the Powerball to win Division One.
- The Division One prize pool starts at $3 million and is shared among the winners.
For media enquires please contact Senior Public Relations Officers Hermione Coleman or James Mooney
T: 9488 6227 M:0438 996 884 E: publicrelations@lotterywest.wa.gov.au