How to win the $30M Powerball jackpot TONIGHT: The luckiest numbers, the ones you MUST avoid – and the newsagents that keep producing millionaires
- A record $30million is up for grabs in the Powerball draw on Thursday night
- The most frequent numbers pulled from the main barrel are two, 11, 17, and 22
- Three and 19 are the most common Powerballs while one appeared the least
- There have been 12 division one winners in 2019 with more than half from NSW
The most commonly drawn lotto numbers have been revealed as punters rush to buy tickets ahead of the $30 million jackpot.
Eight balls will be pulled for Powerball draw 1226 on Thursday night offering Australians the chance to become an instant multimillionaire.
The division one prize has soared over the past four weeks, with no division one winners in that time.
Although every number has an equal chance of being selected, two, 11, 17, and 22, are considered ‘hot’ numbers for the main barrel, 7News reports.
Numbers for a record $30million Powerball jackpot will be drawn on Thursday night
Three and 19 are the most common Powerballs, while one appeared the least.
In 2019, there have been 12 Powerball division one winners across Australia that have taken home a combined total of $477.5million.
The Lott spokesman Matt Hart said the majority of division one winners were from New South Wales.
‘While division one wins can land anywhere, so far this year five of the big Powerball prizes – that’s almost half – have gone to New South Wales players,’ he said.
‘Victoria has enjoyed three Powerball division one wins, while Queensland and South Australia have had two.
‘These winners include one Sydney woman who won a $107million Powerball prize in January – she remains the nation’s biggest ever individual lottery winner.’
Punters need all eight numbers to match the balls drawn to win a division one prize
The last $30million Powerball jackpot was won by a Victorian man in May.
Winning tickets from NSW were purchased in Sydney at Woolworths Petrol in Prestons and Greystanes Centre Newsagency, while the others were bought online.
In Victoria, one winner bought a ticket online, while the other two came from Wendouree Newsagency, Wendouree, and Mid-Town Lotto, Gisbourne.
NewsXpress Brassal in Brassall and Mater News Central, South Brisbane, each sold tickets to winners in Queensland.
The South Australian winners bought their tickets online.
Powerball is drawn from two barrels, with seven numbers taken from the main barrel and one Powerball number from the Powerball barrel.
There are nine prize divisions with two winning numbers needed for the minimum prize and all eight required to score the division one jackpot.
Powerball is drawn from two barrels, with seven numbers taken from the main barrel (left) and one Powerball number (right) from the Powerball barrel