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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.
Courier-Mail
17-06-2025
- Business
- Courier-Mail
‘Life-changing' $430 million jackpot up for grabs
Don't miss out on the headlines from Money. Followed categories will be added to My News. While one mystery Australian may be walking around unaware they've come into $100 million after last week's Powerball, Aussies have an even better chance at more than four times that this week. The $431 million US jackpot has opened up to Aussies via local company The Lottery Office. Australians are able to enter the USA Mega Lotto, which is available through The Lottery Office and matches winnings from the US run Mega Millions. The Mega Millions lottery offers jackpots that dwarf local lotteries. Picture: Getty Images via AFP The Lottery Office chief executive Jaclyn Wood said changes to the 'premium lottery', which came into effect in April, meant Aussies now had an even better chance at winning, with higher payourt and more frequent 'mega-jackpots' now accessible. 'We anticipate with the new structure of the USA Mega Lotto, that Aussies will get the chance to play for $A1 billion every few months,' Ms Wood said. 'Winning a jackpot of this size would be truly life changing and I'm crossing my fingers that an Aussie is one of the first to win under the new format.' The eye-watering jackpot comes just days after the equal third-biggest ever lottery draw won by an individual winner. The $100 million ticket was sold in Sydney's Bondi Junction. Picture: The Lott Last Thursday, a single ticket sold at a Bondi Junction newsagent was the sole division one winner in the $100 million Powerball draw. However, the ticketholder is yet to come forward to claim their prize. A spokesperson for The Lott said one NSW punter was 'walking around completely oblivious' to the life-changing news. Anyone who missed out on the $100 million (or even the lucky, clueless winner) can have another crack the USA Mega Lotto's $431 million jackpot with tickets available until 10am Wednesday. Originally published as 'Life-changing' $430 million jackpot up for grabs
