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7NEWS
25-07-2025
- Entertainment
- 7NEWS
Brisbane grandfather scores big with $31 million lotto win
A Brisbane grandfather has become an overnight multi-millionaire after winning the entire Powerball jackpot. The Wynnum man has had an ectatic start to his weekend after he was informed on Friday that he had scored an eye watering $31,140,405.47. The man was left in disbelief after being told he held the only division one winning entry. 'Holy sh**! Wow. Unbelievable!' he said. 'Oh, my goodness. Words can't explain how I'm feeling right now. Dear, dear, dear.' After discovering the scope of his winnings, the man said the sum will do 'so much' for his family. 'It'll set up my kids and grandkids,' he said. 'Never in a million years did I think I would get this call. 'I'm retired myself. I've lived a happy life, and I've been lucky enough to tick most things off my bucket list, so this will be used more for helping others.' Speaking to The Lott over the phone, the man said he just 'couldn't believe it' and that the most he had ever won was a chocolate Easter basket. 'These are my numbers I've played for years,' he said. 'I chose them a long time ago now. I usually play Saturday Gold Lotto, but sometimes I play Powerball when it has a higher jackpot. 'It's funny because I also bought a Set for Life ticket and thought, 'Wow, it'd be nice to get that', but this is even better! 'You've made my day. You've made my week. You've made my kids' lifetime! 'Now, I'm going to have a quiet day, letting reality set in.' His winning marked PowerHit entry was purchased online on the Lott website.
West Australian
25-07-2025
- General
- West Australian
Powerball $30 million jackpot: Shocked winner identified as retiree from Wynnum, Queensland
The shocked winner of the entire $30 million Powerball jackpot has been identified, revealing he had played the same numbers for years. When the Queensland retiree was contacted by an official from The Lott on Friday morning he had not even checked his tickets and was understandably stunned — given the biggest prize he'd ever previously won was an Easter basket. 'Holy sh**! Wow. Unbelievable!' he told them. 'Oh, my goodness. Words can't explain how I'm feeling right now. Dear, dear, dear.' As the Wynnum grandfather tries to let the reality of the life-changing windfall settle in, he is already planning how he'll spend his winnings. 'This does so much for my family. It'll set up my kids and grandkids.' 'Never in a million years did I think I would get this call. 'I'm retired myself. I've lived a happy life, and I've been lucky enough to tick most things off my bucket list, so this will be used more for helping others. 'I just can't believe it. I had absolutely no idea. The most I've ever won is a chocolate Easter basket! 'These are my numbers I've played for years. I chose them a long time ago now. I usually play Saturday Gold Lotto, but sometimes I play Powerball when it has a higher jackpot. 'It's funny because I also bought a Set for Life ticket and thought, 'Wow, it'd be nice to get that', but this is even better! 'You've made my day. You've made my week. You've made my kids' lifetime! 'Now, I'm going to have a quiet day letting reality set in.' The man held the only division one winning entry nationally and can look forward to a whopping $31,140,405.47 hitting is bank account. He bought his winning marked PowerHit entry via The Lott website. The winning numbers in Powerball draw 1523 on Thursday 24 July 2025 were 2, 25, 6, 4, 31, 34 and 19. The all-important Powerball number was 20.
Perth Now
25-07-2025
- Business
- Perth Now
‘Holy sh**!': Winner of whopper $30m Powerball jackpot found
Who wants to be a millionaire? The lotto hotspots in your state revealed! The shocked winner of the entire $30 million Powerball jackpot has been identified, revealing he had played the same numbers for years. When the Queensland retiree was contacted by an official from The Lott on Friday morning he had not even checked his tickets and was understandably stunned — given the biggest prize he'd ever previously won was an Easter basket. 'Holy sh**! Wow. Unbelievable!' he told them. 'Oh, my goodness. Words can't explain how I'm feeling right now. Dear, dear, dear.' As the Wynnum grandfather tries to let the reality of the life-changing windfall settle in, he is already planning how he'll spend his winnings. 'This does so much for my family. It'll set up my kids and grandkids.' 'Never in a million years did I think I would get this call. 'I'm retired myself. I've lived a happy life, and I've been lucky enough to tick most things off my bucket list, so this will be used more for helping others. 'I just can't believe it. I had absolutely no idea. The most I've ever won is a chocolate Easter basket! 'These are my numbers I've played for years. I chose them a long time ago now. I usually play Saturday Gold Lotto, but sometimes I play Powerball when it has a higher jackpot. 'It's funny because I also bought a Set for Life ticket and thought, 'Wow, it'd be nice to get that', but this is even better! 'You've made my day. You've made my week. You've made my kids' lifetime! 'Now, I'm going to have a quiet day letting reality set in.' The man held the only division one winning entry nationally and can look forward to a whopping $31,140,405.47 hitting is bank account. He bought his winning marked PowerHit entry via The Lott website. The winning numbers in Powerball draw 1523 on Thursday 24 July 2025 were 2, 25, 6, 4, 31, 34 and 19. The all-important Powerball number was 20.
7NEWS
12-06-2025
- Business
- 7NEWS
Lotto draw 1517: The ‘hot' and ‘cold' numbers you need to know ahead of tonight's Powerball's $100 million jackpot
About 10 million Australians are expected to take a punt on winning a whopping nine-figure sum of money. Powerball has jackpotted to $100 million and Thursday's draw 1517 is the highest lottery prize of the year. The last time a jackpot of such magnitude was up for grabs, ticket sales peaked at more than 6400 a minute. Only six people have won $100 million or more in Australian lotteries since 2018, with the seventh possible on Thursday evening. On Thursday, The Lott's Anna Hobdell joined Nat Barr on Sunrise, saying the best way to increase your chances is with a PowerHit ticket for the multimillion-dollar draw. 'We know many Aussies are vying for the chance to score the multimillion-dollar prize, and the best way to get a ticket is a PowerHit. It is a unique entry type to Powerball. 'It guarantees you the all-important Powerball needed to win Division One and a lot of people don't realise it is equivalent to 20 games. That's top tip for tonight's draw.' Hobdell then spoke of hot and cold numbers. Hot numbers being the most likely to be drawn out of the barrel, while cold numbers are the least likely to be drawn. 'When it comes to Powerball, our hot numbers from the main barrel are 9,17, 7, and you have also got your Powerball barrel which are 2 and 4,' Hobdell said. 'Our cold numbers are 33, 31, 29 from the main barrel, and the cold numbers from the Powerball barrel are numbers 14 and 12.' Hobdell explained how most winners spent their money. 'When we have surveyed our Division One winners months after the draw, we found that most of them invest for the future or perhaps help their nearest and dearest,' Hobdell said. 'We actually interviewed one of our winners recently who won $100 million, and she told us that she has bought a beachside property.' A Queensland woman was the last person to take home $100 million in February 2024, pocketing half of a $200 million Powerball jackpot. She has moved from Brisbane to the coast and says she is thankful for her dad, who picked up the winning phone call early in the morning. 'On a day-to-day basis, not a huge amount has changed,' the winner, who remained anonymous, said. 'I still get up for the 6am gym session and the dog still needs to be walked and fed.' An Adelaide man still holds the country's largest pay cheque from a lottery jackpot, after winning $150 million in May 2024. The odds of a single entry winning the division-one prize are more than 134 million to one. That's worse than successfully ringing someone by completely guessing their mobile number. - with AAP
