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Top 20 Powerball Facts You Need To Know

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Whether you’re a lotto newbie or an experienced lotto player, here are the top 20 Powerball facts you need to know!

    1. Powerball has a guaranteed jackpot of $4 million every Thursday.
    2. If there are no Division 1 winners, Powerball jackpots the following Thursday.
    3. Powerball jackpots tend to follow a common pattern – $4 million, $8 million, $12 million, $20 million, $30 million, $40 million, $60 million, $80 million, $100 million and $150 million. Any changes are at the discretion of lottery officials.
    4. Above all, Powerball has a record jackpot of $150 million.
    5. You can buy Powerball tickets from Oz Lotteries at any time during the week leading up to the draw on Thursday.
    6. The Powerball draw closes at 7:25pm AEST/8:25pm AEDT every Thursday.
    7. The draw time is 8:30pm AEST/9:30pm AEDT every Thursday and is televised on Australian TV.
    8. You can view Powerball results online soon after the draw every Thursday.
    9. Choose 7 numbers between 1 and 35 for the main numbers.
    10. Then choose 1 number between 1 and 20 for the Powerball number.
    11. To win a Division 1 prize, you must match all 7 main numbers and the Powerball number.
    12. You must match at least 2 main numbers plus the Powerball number to win any prize.
    13. The odds of winning Division 1 in Powerball are 1 in 134,490,400.
    14. However, the odds of winning any prize in Powerball are 1 in 44.
    15. You can increase the odds of winning with a Powerball Syndicate ticket by sharing the cost of tickets with more number combinations with other lotto players.
    16. Increase the odds of winning with a Powerball System ticket by playing more number combinations per ticket.
    17. You are guaranteed to match the winning Powerball number with a Powerball PowerHit ticket.
    18. The most common Hot Numbers in 2019 are 9, 14, 24, 32, 19, 25 and 34.
    19. Plus, the most common Powerball numbers in 2018 were 2, 1, 11, 15, and 19.
    20. You can read all about recent Powerball winners here.

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