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Herald Sun
a day ago
- Business
- Herald Sun
Eye-watering $75m jackpot Aussies have a chance at winning
Don't miss out on the headlines from Money. Followed categories will be added to My News. Australians could have a chance at pocketing a $75 million jackpot after the figure climbed even higher when no one won it at $43m. Tickets in the next draw of the $75m European Jackpot are available to Aussies via local company The Lottery Office until midnight AEST on Friday, July 4. The luckiest numbers heading for the Main Number are 1, 17, 12, and 14, with the highest drawn first supplementary numbers being 5, 3, 1 and 2. The luckiest second supplementary numbers are 12, followed by 10 and 9. It comes after a NSW man won $10k after coming within one number of winning $43 million in last weekend's draw of the European Jackpot. The close call resulted in a Division 4 prize of $10,655 after the 61-year-old only paid $52.50 for his ticket. 'I will take my wife for dinner tonight. She's on crutches, she just got some pins and screws taken out of her ankle, so it's my shout this one,' the winner said. Tickets in the next draw of the $75m European Jackpot are available to Aussies via local company The Lottery Office until midnight AEST on Friday, July 4. He then said he had plans to go on a holiday with his winnings. 'Looking forward to slowing down a bit, and this money will make it a little more enjoyable,' he added. The Lottery Office Chief Executive Officer Jaclyn Wood said Aussies were still in it to win it as last weekend's $43m jackpot rolled over to $75m this weekend. 'The man was one number off the entire jackpot, and with another draw coming this weekend, it could be an Aussie who goes one number better to walk away with the $75 million European Jackpot,' she said. With eight of the top 10 cities with the highest proportion of playing customers compared to the population being located in NSW, another NSW winner could very well be on the cards. However, taking the lead for the most active hotspot for the European Jackpot was Southport in Queensland. It comes as Australia's largest lottery operator and one of the highest-performing lottery businesses in the world, The Lottery Corporation, is expected to report a 13 per cent decline in earnings to $628 million, according to a note from Citi analyst Adrian Lemme to investors. With its full year results due next month, Powerball sales have deteriorated further over May and June given fewer blockbuster jackpots, Citi's report said. Some of this may represent cannabilisation with Oz Lotto due to two factors including larger jackpots in that game generating more interest from punters. It may also be due to some unwinding of excitement which included a $200 million and two $150 million jackpots earlier this year. They said they expect the weakness in Powerball's sales to carry through to the first half of the new financial year.
News.com.au
a day ago
- Business
- News.com.au
Eye-watering $75m jackpot Aussies have a chance at winning
Australians could have a chance at pocketing a $75 million jackpot after the figure climbed even higher when no one won it at $43m. Tickets in the next draw of the $75m European Jackpot are available to Aussies via local company The Lottery Office until midnight AEST on Friday, July 4. The luckiest numbers heading for the Main Number are 1, 17, 12, and 14, with the highest drawn first supplementary numbers being 5, 3, 1 and 2. The luckiest second supplementary numbers are 12, followed by 10 and 9. It comes after a NSW man won $10k after coming within one number of winning $43 million in last weekend's draw of the European Jackpot. The close call resulted in a Division 4 prize of $10,655 after the 61-year-old only paid $52.50 for his ticket. 'I will take my wife for dinner tonight. She's on crutches, she just got some pins and screws taken out of her ankle, so it's my shout this one,' the winner said. He then said he had plans to go on a holiday with his winnings. 'Looking forward to slowing down a bit, and this money will make it a little more enjoyable,' he added. The Lottery Office Chief Executive Officer Jaclyn Wood said Aussies were still in it to win it as last weekend's $43m jackpot rolled over to $75m this weekend. 'The man was one number off the entire jackpot, and with another draw coming this weekend, it could be an Aussie who goes one number better to walk away with the $75 million European Jackpot,' she said. With eight of the top 10 cities with the highest proportion of playing customers compared to the population being located in NSW, another NSW winner could very well be on the cards. However, taking the lead for the most active hotspot for the European Jackpot was Southport in Queensland. It comes as Australia's largest lottery operator and one of the highest-performing lottery businesses in the world, The Lottery Corporation, is expected to report a 13 per cent decline in earnings to $628 million, according to a note from Citi analyst Adrian Lemme to investors. With its full year results due next month, Powerball sales have deteriorated further over May and June given fewer blockbuster jackpots, Citi's report said. Some of this may represent cannabilisation with Oz Lotto due to two factors including larger jackpots in that game generating more interest from punters. It may also be due to some unwinding of excitement which included a $200 million and two $150 million jackpots earlier this year. They said they expect the weakness in Powerball's sales to carry through to the first half of the new financial year.
