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Australia’s largest lottery winner has been discovered with an Adelaide man contacting lottery officers this morning along with his successful Powerball ticket price $150 million.
The center-aged Adelaidean held the one division one successful entry nationally in Powerball draw 1462, drawn Thursday 23 Could 2024, and appears ahead to a complete of $150 million.
‘Woohoo! I am nonetheless pinching myself!’ he cheered.
‘I can not consider it. I am the thriller winner! I am Australia’s largest lottery winner ever?!
‘I do know it could sound loopy however I will proceed working. I am at work at present.
‘I really had two tickets into final evening’s draw. I seemed on the clock final evening and noticed it was getting late and thought the draw ought to have been performed by then.
‘So, I checked the primary one and it got here up with nothing, then I scanned the second and it stated $150 million!
‘I’ve by no means screamed so loud or jumped so excessive!
‘This was late final evening and I nonetheless have not slept. I’ve simply saved checking the ticket!
‘I usually play Powerball, so yesterday was a very fortunate day! I simply purchased my ticket as I used to be filling up the automobile the opposite day and randomly purchased my ticket there. I can not consider I walked away with the successful ticket!
‘I will purchase a home, wish to journey the world and I’ve obtained a household and associates I wish to assist, however for now I can not wrap my head round how large this prize is.
‘That is life altering. I can not cease smiling and pinching myself.
‘I can not consider my luck!’
Along with the $150 million division one winner, there have been 4,433,211 winners throughout divisions two to 9 in final evening’s Powerball draw who collectively took dwelling greater than $89.3 million. This included 9 division two winners who every took dwelling $276,036.95.
The successful entry was bought OTR Salisbury Drive Via, 142 Salisbury Freeway, Salisbury.
Australia’s largest lottery winner has been discovered with an Adelaide man contacting lottery officers this morning along with his successful Powerball ticket price $150 million (inventory picture)
The successful numbers in Powerball draw 1462 on Thursday 23 Could 2024 have been 18, 29, 34, 8, 4, 28 and 6. The all-important Powerball quantity was 11.
Throughout Australia, there was one division one successful entry in Powerball draw 1462 – one in South Australia.
The Lott’s division one successful tally has now reached 368 up to now in FY24, together with 26 gained by SA Lotteries clients.
In 2023, 20 Powerball division one successful entries throughout Australia pocketed greater than $552.15 million in prize cash.
Throughout this time, a Bankstown dad scored a $100 million jackpot and have become the second-biggest Australian lottery winner of all time.
Of the 20 Powerball division one successful entries in 2023, eight landed in New South Wales, seven in Victoria, two every in South Australia and Western Australia, and one in Queensland.