Check your tickets NOW: One lucky Australian scoops the entire $80million Powerball jackpot – here are the lucky numbers
- Single ticket winner to take home $80million after picking all the right numbers
- The Powerball jackpot player now shares title of third-biggest Aussie winner
- Whoever guessed the draw is yet to come forward and claim their epic prize
One lucky Australian is now an instant mega-millionaire after scooping up the first division prize in Thursday night's $80million Powerball jackpot.
Those who entered the lottery are urged to check their tickets after the winning numbers for draw 1317 were revealed.
The winning numbers are 17, 10, 4, 26, 19, 23, 21 and the Powerball was 7.
One lucky Australian is now an instant mega-millionaire after scooping up the first division prize in Thursday night's $80million Powerball jackpot
Check your tickets to see if you were the winner of Thursday night's $80million Powerball draw
The Lott spokesperson Matt Hart said the staggering prize pool equals the biggest Australian lottery jackpot this year, with the winner sharing the the title of Australia's third-biggest lottery winner ever.
'The lion's share of these wins were by players in New South Wales, with the remainder pocketed by Queenslanders and Victorians,' he said.
'Interestingly, most of the division one winning entries were relatively small entries, consisting of 36 games or less,' Hart said.
'It just goes to show, you don't need a big entry, you just need an entry for the chance to become a Powerball division one winner.'
In tonight's draw there were thirteen division two winners who will share a $1,428,161.80 prize pool, each taking home $109,858.60.
While 219 lucky winners will divvy-up $872,769.75 in division three, with a split of $3,985.25 each.
The division one lotto winner, whose odds of winning were about 1 in 134 million, is yet to be identified.
Despite Powerball being a game of chance there are some numbers that are drawn more than others, considered to be 'hot' or 'cold'.
'Hot' winning numbers drawn the most: 17 and 7.
'Hot' Powerball numbers: 19 and 3.
'Cold' winning numbers drawn the least: 34 and 15.
'Cold' Powerball numbers: 18, 16, and 8.
Last year, a total of $3.33billion in prize money was claimed with over 111.6 million winners from Australian Lottery draws.
