Revealed: The luckiest postcodes for lotto prize money ahead of Powerball's record $110MILLION draw - and it's good if you live by the beach
- A record $110million Powerball division one prize is up for grabs on Thursday
- An inner-Sydney woman won a $107million Powerball jackpot in January 2019
- Dwarfed $70million Powerball prize won by Hervey Bay grandparents in 2016
- Gold Coast was home to $70million OzLotto, Powerball prizes in 2013 and 2018
Australia's luckiest postcodes when it comes to winning the biggest lottery prizes are mostly near the beach.
Thursday night's $110million Powerball division one jackpot will set a new record prize if it is won by one person - dating back to Australia's first lottery draw in 1881.
The existing record was set in January this year when an inner-Sydney woman won $107million from an online Powerball entry.
Australia's luckiest postcodes when it comes to winning the biggest lottery prizes are all near the beach
To date, Australia's lottery record was set in January this year when an inner-Sydney woman won $107million from an online Powerball entry (pictured is the Sydney Harbour Bridge)
That prize, won by a healthcare worker in her forties, dwarfed the previous $70million record set in January 2016 when grandparents from Hervey Bay, in the 4655 postcode north of Brisbane, won the Powerball jackpot.
Two years earlier, in December 2013, a group of women from Runaway Bay on the Gold Coast won $70million from OzLotto after buying tickets with their left-over lunch money in the 4216 postcode area.
Proving the Gold Coast is indeed a lucky area, a $60million Powerball prize was won by a retiree from Burleigh Heads, postcode 4220.
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The lucky suburbs south of Brisbane are only 25km and four postcodes apart.
Last year, a mystery Melbourne Powerball player, from Brunswick in the city's inner-north, postcode 3056, won $55million from a January ticket - but didn't claim the prize until July.
Some suburbs are also luckier when it comes to more modest division one lottery prizes during the past year.
In January 2016, grandparents from Hervey Bay, in the 4655 postcode north of Brisbane, won a $70million Powerball jackpot - setting a record at the time
Gambling group Tabcorp has revealed Melbourne is indeed lucky with St Albans in the western suburbs, postcode 3021, home to a $29.9million prize.
Farther around Port Phillip Bay, Werribee and neighbouring Point Cook, which share the 3030 postcode, collected $6.7million in winnings.
In Queensland, the neighbouring Moreton Bay suburbs of Warner and Bray Park, north of Brisbane, which share the 4500 postcode, won $4.7million in prizemoney.
Gladstone and Gladstone West in central Queensland, which share the postcode of 4680, were where lotto winners became $1.57million richer.
Two years earlier, in December 2013, a group of women from Runaway Bay on the Gold Coast won $70million from OzLotto after buying tickets with their left-over lunch money in the 4216 postcode area
Griffith, a Riverina town in southern New South Wales with the postcode 2680, was home to a $4.4million prize.
In Sydney's west, Seven Hills and Lalor Park, which share the 2147 postcode, saw its residents share in a $2.4million lottery prize.
In Tasmania, the southern Hobart suburb of Kingston, postcode 7050, was home to a $2.4million prize while Kings Meadows in Launceston, postcode 7249, produced a $1.36million prizewinner.
In Adelaide's southern suburbs Morphett Vale and Woodcroft, which share the 5162 postcode, produced three division one wins adding up to $3.9million.
In Perth's south, the aptly named suburb of Success was home to four division one prizes totalling $2.19million.
Proving the Gold Coast is indeed a lucky area, a $60million Powerball prize was won by a retiree from Burleigh Heads, postcode 4220
