Even though the $100 million Division One prize did not go off in Thursday’s Powerball draw, The Lott’s Matt Hart is urging players to check their tickets as there were plenty of big wins in other divisions.
Hart joined Sunrise on Friday morning and told Nat Barr there were millions of players better off after the draw.
“There were 3.1 million wins worth more than $64 million in divisions two to nine,” Hart said.
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“While there were no Division One winners, 10 players scored $180,000 each in Division Two. Almost 200 players pocketed $11,600 through Division Three.
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“Three in NSW, two in South Australia, four in the Tatts Lotto jurisdictions which include Victoria and one in Western Australia — so, check your tickets.”
Because there was no Division One winner or a sixth straight week, the Powerball jackpot has now skyrocketed to $150 million.
If one person takes home the Division One prize next week, they will become Australia’s biggest lottery winner, according to Hart.
The title is currently held by a Sydney-based nurse, who won $107 million, in 2019.
“We did follow her up about a year on,” Hart said.
“She was very community minded. She bought herself a lovely house. She said she was never going to do the ironing ever again.
“She has set up mechanisms to give to causes close to her heart — she was of the opinion she needed to pay it forward.
“She had been given an amazing thing and wanted to pay it forward to others.”
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