Hours left before ‘mammoth’ $100m lottery drawn

Punters have only hours left to get their hands on a ticket for Thursday’s “life-changing” $100 million lottery draw.

As many as half of all Australian adults are expected to be holding a ticket for the Powerball draw when entries close at 7.30pm AEST.

The draw is the equal-biggest jackpot by any Australian lottery game this year and comes after five draws without a division one winner.

The Lott spokesperson Anna Hobdell said queues had formed at outlets across the country as punters rushed to grab a last-minute ticket.

“The last time we had a $100 million Powerball draw was only six weeks ago,” Ms Hobdell said.

“A Bankstown dad pocketed the entire jackpot prize and became Australia’s second-biggest individual lottery winner.

“On that occasion, the peak of sales was at 6.29pm on the day of the draw when more than 8,227 tickets were sold in a single minute.”

Ms Hobdell said the best advice for anyone wanting to take home the ”mammoth” payout was to get in early.

“Our tip to players is to register any Powerball entries to a player card or online account,” she said.

“That is so they can be contacted immediately after the draw should they score a slice of the division one prize.

“We also recommend players ensure their contact details are up to date as we will want to reveal the life-changing news as soon as possible.”

Just last year, three players took home a share of a whopping $160 million lottery draw.

Earlier that same year, a family man from the NSW Coffs Harbour region took home $126 million.

This year’s biggest winner so far was with his wife in their Bankstown home when he was told the news.

He told the Australian National Lottery: “Am I dreaming? I’m a millionaire now?”

He said he would spend the money on a new home, but planned on continue to work before retiring.

Meanwhile in the Untied States, a lottery game there are offering a share in a whopping $1.6 billion mega-draw.

The “Mega Millions” lottery is expected to be draw late on Wednesday United States time.

It marks only the fifth time a lottery draw in the USA has topped $1 billion.

Tickets can be purchased at any licensed lottery outlet, online from thelott.com or via The Lott mobile app.