Powerball $100m jackpot: Thursday night's winning numbers revealed for draw 1489
The mega draw marks the biggest local lottery offer in more than three months and is the sixth-largest jackpot in Australian lottery history.
With as many as half of all Australian adults purportedly having purchased a ticket, or involved in a syndicate for tonight's $100 million Powerball jackpot draw, millions around the country will be anxiously checking the results — eager to learn if their lives are set to change forever.
According to The Lott, leading up to the draw thousands of people every single minute rushed to a buy a ticket in a bid to join the exclusive group of six winners who have previously claimed a nine-digit Powerball jackpot.
The mega draw marks the biggest local lottery prize in more than three months and is the sixth-largest jackpot in Australian lottery history. Though the chance of winning the jackpot, which requires seven matching numbers plus the Powerball, is about one in 134 million, it has happened before.
If one person is lucky enough to take out the entire win, they'll instantly join Australia's exclusive multi-millionaires club, sharing the crown of Australia’s third-biggest lottery winner ever.
So, it's time to check your tickets and see if you hold the winning numbers scoring you a piece of the lottery pie.
The winning Powerball numbers for draw 1489
Winning numbers: 22, 10, 4, 31, 1, 26, 9
Powerball: 14
Here's what happens right after a win
While you're far more likely to die from being struck by an asteroid (in fact even on the way to buy a ticket), many Australians overlook the massive odds against them and taking their chance to scoop the enormous jackpot.
If you are lucky enough to win Powerball, there are actually a few hoops you'll need to jump through before you start spending your cash. The first one being patience.
Speaking to Yahoo News, a spokeswoman for the Lott said that those who bag the top prize will need to wait two weeks before they're distributed their winnings — a safeguard put in place to ensure people don't "rush their decisions".
"Division one top prize and first prize lottery winners receive their prize two weeks after the initial draw date," the spokeswoman earlier told Yahoo News Australia.
She explained a two-week provisional period is created to ensure winners don’t rush through their decisions and have enough time to complete their prize claim process. If a player wins a major prize on a ticket purchased in-store, they’ll have to either visit a prize payments office or mail the prize claim in.
Winning Aussies will also be given information to help them contact a financial planner to receive "professional advice from relevant stakeholders" in an attempt to ensure they don't blow the money.
"We always encourage our division one winners to reach out to professional associations such as the Financial Advice Association (FAAA) for financial advice," the spokeswoman said. "All major lottery winners receive a booklet within their congratulatory kit with information to point them in the right direction."
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