When a Lott official phoned the Queensland woman, who asked to remain anonymous, she was at first speechless. Then she couldn’t contain her disbelief.“I need to double check this is real. I’m not sure I believe you.“I’m going to have to make sure this isn’t some weird dream.”When asked how she planned to revel in life as a multi-millionaire, the winner said she was overwhelmed with choices of how she could enjoy it.
The regular player purchased her 8 game QuickPick entry at Caloundra Newsagency, Shop 1, 72 Bullcock Street, Caloundra.The Powerball jackpot rocketed to $60 million after going unclaimed for four weeks, leading to the first major prize of the year.In Powerball there are two barrels of numbers. The first barrel holds 35 balls numbered from one to 35, while the second barrel holds 20 balls numbered from one to 20.
From the first barrel, seven winning numbers are selected while just one — the crucial Powerball — is drawn from the second. To win division one you must match all seven winning numbers plus the Powerball in a single game, with the odds of winning a division one prize in Powerball sitting at one in 134,490,400.Each standard Powerball game costs $1.35, and you must purchase a ticket by 7.25pm to be in the running.
Last year, Australia’s official lottery provider, The Lott, released the findings of a new survey of more than 100 previous division one winners.“Each year, we crown about 400 division one winners across our lottery games. Many of these only discover their good fortune after we make contact with them and break that life-changing news they’ve won the big one,” The Lott spokeswoman Ally Ramsay said.
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