One Lucky Australian Set to Scoop $3.26M from Powerball Ticket

Good news, everyone! One lucky player in Australia managed to win big time from the local lottery, scooping AUD 5 million ($3.26 million). The player was the only Division One player to hold a winning ticket and is now invited to step forward and claim the reward.

The person’s ticket came with the numbers 2, 17, 11, 9, 19, 28, and 24, with a Powerball number of 1. The current jackpot winner comes after another jackpot fell just a week earlier, worth AUD 50 million ($32.6 million).

Lotterywest spokesperson Zoe Wender congratulated the winner and urged them to step forward and claim the prize: “Our customer service team has been able to contact the winner. They are very much in shock, processing this life-changing news, and they will be coming to Lotterywest HQ to claim their prize over the coming weeks when they’re ready.”

Lottery winners in Australia are just as prolific as elsewhere, and the country has also given rise to some fun anecdotal stories over time. For example, in 2024, three neighbors in Sydney went to court after one claimed that they had been cut out of the joint ticket and subsequent reward.