"This is life-changing. I can now pay off my personal loans,buy my first home and go on a family holiday."
The man said he was"feeling unlucky"the day he bought the Lotto ticket,after coming close to bypassing the queue outside the Cockburn Gateway Lottery Centre
A dad from south-western Sydney who"checks his lottery tickets every few weeks"has found out his latest entry is worth $50m.
The winning ticket was one of two that took out the top prize in Thursday's draw.
Two division one entries won equal shares in the $100 million prize,but officials are yet to track down the winners.
But two lucky division two winners won't be complaining.
As punters rushed to find out if they'd won a slice of the $100 million jackpot,Oz Lotto's error page declared:"It's not you,it's us!"
It's the biggest Powerball jackpot offered in the game's 22-year history,and punters are spending big in the hope of winning even bigger.
The other winning entry was that of a Victorian family syndicate,whose spokeswoman said they were"going to do heaps of stuff"with the prize.
Lotterywest has revealed the luckiest West Australian newsagents and winning numbers of 2018 ahead of a bonanza week of jackpots.
The man found the $5 Diamond Dazzler game at the bottom of his reusable shopping bag and claimed his prize on Wednesday.