Whether you’re a lotto newbie or an experienced lotto player, here are the top 20 Powerball facts you need to know!
Powerball has a guaranteed jackpot of $4 million every Thursday.
If there are no Division 1 winners, Powerball jackpots the following Thursday.
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.
Above all, Powerball has a record jackpot of $150 million.
You can buy Powerball tickets from Oz Lotteries at any time during the week leading up to the draw on Thursday.
The Powerball draw closes at 7:25pm AEST/8:25pm AEDT every Thursday.
The draw time is 8:30pm AEST/9:30pm AEDT every Thursday and is televised on Australian TV.
You can view Powerball results online soon after the draw every Thursday.
Choose 7 numbers between 1 and 35 for the main numbers.
Then choose 1 number between 1 and 20 for the Powerball number.
To win a Division 1 prize, you must match all 7 main numbers and the Powerball number.
You must match at least 2 main numbers plus the Powerball number to win any prize.
The odds of winning Division 1 in Powerball are 1 in 134,490,400.
However, the odds of winning any prize in Powerball are 1 in 44.
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.
Increase the odds of winning with a Powerball System ticket by playing more number combinations per ticket.