The third-largest lottery jackpot of the year will be drawn Thursday night, when a $100 million Powerball jackpot will be up for grabs.
The popular Lotto bet has soared to a huge sum in draw 1489 and follows four consecutive draws without a division one winner.
The $100 million figure makes it the third-largest jackpot offered by any Australian lottery game in 2024, the company said.
The chances of winning the jackpot, which requires seven matching numbers plus the powerball, are approximately one in 134 million.
Lott expects millions of Australians to take part in Thursday’s draw.
In February, a record $200 million jackpot was won, while a South Australian scooped $150 million, the largest individual win ever.
The $100 million division one prize on Thursday night comes after there have been no winners in the last four drawings (pictured, file photo of people lining up to buy Powerball tickets)
The prize is the third largest lottery jackpot to be drawn in any Australian lottery game in 2024 (file photo of Powerballs)
In August, a Brisbane woman won the jackpot in Powerball draw 1475, taking home a $100 million prize.
“We would like to travel a little,” the woman said when asked what she would do with the money.
‘Maybe a family holiday somewhere. “We always wanted to go see New Zealand and Fiji.”