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A lucky Australian has won $40 million in Thursday night’s Powerball drawing.
The winning numbers were 5, 15, 24, 27, 30, 32 and 35. The Powerball was 2.
The jackpot was doubled to $40 million after no one took home the $20 million grand prize last week.
A lucky Australian has won $40 million in Thursday night’s Powerball drawing
One lucky player won the top prize this week, while three division two winners will be $225,000 better off tomorrow.
A total of 62 people matched six numbers and the Powerball, giving them $13,542.50 each.
Last month, a Melbourne man drafted his resignation letter after winning more than $2 million in a TattsLotto draw.
The man from Glen Eira, in the city’s south-east, had one of the seven Division 1 winning entries after buying an 18-game QuickPick ticket online.
He was unaware of his good fortune after his number was picked on Saturday and only became aware when an official from The Lott called him on Sunday to confirm that he had won $2.8 million.
“This is massive,” said the winner. ‘I’ll just retire now.’
The jackpot was doubled to $40 million after no one took home the $20 million grand prize last week
‘I’ll have to write a letter to my boss! I was going to retire in a few years, but now I can just do it’.
The winning numbers in TattsLotto draw 4441 on Saturday were 42, 2, 12, 13, 1 and 20, while the supplementary numbers were 3 and 15.
Each of the seven Division 1 winners pocketed $2,857,142.86.
The Victorian man said the prize money ‘will come in handy’.
“I’ve been worrying about where I’m going from here, but now I don’t have to worry,” he said.
‘Normally I don’t pick up the phone if I don’t know the number, but I’m glad I took this call!’
His run of good fortune comes after two Australians won the record $200 million Powerball draw at the start of February.
One of the Division 1 winners was from Queensland, while the other came from NSW.
The NSW mother, who won half the eye-popping jackpot, said she planned to quit her job immediately and travel the world.
“It’s a lot of money, a lot of money to understand,” the woman told The Lott official.
‘I mean you joke about winning but never expect it to happen to you.
‘My partner is here with me now, he is a bit in shock. He loves his job, so I don’t know if he will retire.’