The Lottery Corporation has flagged an increase to the cost of Powerball tickets after reporting an 11 per cent boost to the group’s overall revenue this quarter.
“It hasn’t been an easy time for us lately,so this is just incredible,” he said.
The winning WA ticket was sold to a syndicate of 20 plant operators in a town built for gold,who each decided to put in $100 as a spur-of-the-moment bid to win.
Half of the adults in Australia are expected to take their chances at a shot at the Powerball jackpot tonight – the largest lottery prize the nation has seen.
The South Australian mother,who says she has had a tough few months,scooped the pool in the latest Powerball draw.
It’s a new kind of gold rush in the West Australian town after a “pay off your mortgage” syndicate of 250 locals won hundreds of thousands each on Thursday.
A group of women who attend a Perth gym have taken out the major prize,with one telling how she scrambled to join the group entry using coins found on the floor of her car.
A West Australian ticket holder has taken out the entire $80 million division one Powerball jackpot - the state’s biggest ever lottery win.
The man said he couldn’t sleep after he checked the winning numbers on his Powerball lottery ticket late on Thursday night.
Federal Parliament is considering an overhaul of gambling laws to ban punters from using credit cards or “digital wallets” for online gambling in Australia.
The threat of contracting COVID-19 has acted as a huge incentive for people to get vaccinated,but a financial inducement may deliver an even larger bang for governments’ bucks.