- The first Powerball drawing was held for 2025
- There was a first division winning team.
A lucky Australian started the year 2025 as a new billionaire after a big Powerball win.
The mystery division one winner took home a whopping $20,809,257.29 in Thursday night’s drawing.
His entry had the seven winning numbers plus the all-important Powerball.
Two second division winners pocketed $241,154.45, while 57 third division winners are now $10,519.80 richer.
The winning numbers for drawing 1494 are 21, 27, 9, 22, 15, 18 and 8. The Powerball was 19.
The latest Powerball win comes when three Sydneysiders shared a $12 million jackpot last month before Christmas.
The first Powerball jackpot for 2025 has soared by $20 million (file image)
The Lott recorded 422 division one winners in 2024, including 19 Powerball entries that pocketed more than $758 million in prizes.
During this time, Powerball offered a $200 million jackpot, the largest in Australian history, and an Adelaide man who won $150 million became the country’s biggest individual lottery winner.
Of the 19 Powerball division one winning entries in 2024, eight were from New South Wales, six from Victoria, three from Queensland and one each from South Australia and Western Australia.
The next Powerball jackpot on January 9 is worth $4 million.

The winning numbers for drawing 1494 are 21, 27, 9, 22, 15, 18 and 8. The Powerball was 19