BREAKING NEWS Check your tickets NOW: Powerball's $30million jackpot is drawn - here are the lucky numbers
Millions of Aussies are scrambling to find their tickets in the hope of becoming the country's next multi-millionaire.
Thursday night's Powerball draw was worth $30million after the jackpot failed to go off for two consecutive weeks.
The winning numbers for draw number 1515 were 21, 35, 26, 23, 15, 10 and 7. The Powerball was 18.
The last Powerball division one win was on May 9 when a man from the NSW Hunter Valley pocketed $30 million.
'Holy s***'. I just had this ticket on the fridge. I was looking at it this afternoon and thought, "wouldn't it be lovely to win",' he told The Lott officials.
He planned to look after loved ones following a 'rough trot'.
'For a start, I'll look at buying a new house and looking after the family. Then I'll take it from there,' he said.
'I used to wonder what I'd do if I got a winning phone call, but now all I can do is shake.'
The next Powerball draw is on Thursday June 5
In the 2025 financial year, 395 Australians have taken home a division one Powerball prize.
Of those, more than a third (120) were from NSW.
The Lott recorded 422 division one winners in 2024, including 19 Powerball entries who pocketed more than $758million in prizemoney.
During that time, Powerball offered a $200million jackpot, the biggest in Australian history, and an Adelaide man who won $150million became the nation's biggest individual lottery winner.
The next Powerball draw is on June 5.
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