Australian lotteries: review 2020.02.17-23 (updated)

Hello world!
During the last week (17-23 February), there were many interesting things happening across the lotteries in Australia. Therefore, we will briefly share them - stay tuned and read further!

The total prize pool for the Saturday (22 February) draw last week was $14,984,243 in total. All in all, 652,765 players shared this sum. This game’s jackpot was worth $642,608 and 7 players each brought it home with the odds of 1 in 8,145,060.

The draw, held on Thursday, 20 February, had the total prize pool of $8,764,033. It was distributed across 486,378 people. Similarly as on the draw last week, no one won the jackpot (which is acquired through getting 7 main numbers plus Powerball). However, we would like to send our best wishes for the player who won $242,787 for having 7 main winning numbers this week!. The chance to score them exactly was 1 in 7,078,443 whereas the jackpot had the probability of 1/134,490,400.

Last Tuesday (18 February), the prize of $9,281,108 was divided between 187,278 players. Many congratulations to the player who landed the jackpot (7 main numbers) - this prize had a really small winning probability, which was only 1 in 45,379,620. The jackpot was worth $5,018,954 - more than half of the pool overall!

The jackpot in the Monday draw last week (17 February) was worth $1,000,000 overall. 1 player managed to collect all 6 main numbers and thus got this prize. The probability of this jackpot was only 1 in 8,145,060. All in all, $2,742,804 was divided amongst 93,990 players. For the Wednesday draw (19 February), 1 player also got the same jackpot. Also, 117,856 players split the total prize $2,852,523.

The draw last Saturday (February 22) had the overall pool $54,863. This sum was shared between 3,194 winners. There were no wins of either the jackpot or the second best prize, but 27 players won $666 (the third best prize with a winning probability of 1 in 5,556).

During 3 draws last week, the total prize of $112,570 was divided amongst 23,697 players in total. No one won the jackpot in any of these draws.

No one won the jackpot during the only draw last week (Thursday 20 February).

There were 2 draws last week (Tuesday 18 February and Thursday 20 February). The jackpot was not taken by any of the players across both days.

As this lottery is ongoing on a daily basis during the week, it is more likely to win a prize than in other most popular lotteries. However, the jackpot was not won on 17-23 February.
Congrats to all winners and participants once again and see you next week!

If there's one thing we've learned this week, it's that even when you win the lottery, you still have to decide what to have for dinner. Recently we spoke to a number of thrilled Australians who had worked up quite the appetite after all the excitement of scoring a lottery winfull. However, they had no plans to get out the pots and pans in their own kitchens. Instead opting to celebrate their sweet winning news with a delicious takeaway food. One of my favorite reactions was from a Campsie man who won the guaranteed $100,000 first prize in a lucky lottery Super jackpot draw. The winning man was ecstatic at the revelation and couldn't wait to tell his wife the good news. When we asked him how he was going to celebrate, he revealed they were going to do something a bit out of the ordinary and go to "Maccas" for a dinner. He told us he never usually eats it, but knowing that his wife loves it, he figured why not?

Similarly, a Gold Coast woman who also won a lucky lottery's first prize this week shared that she'd be celebrating hew win with a special dinner. She discovered the winning news while she was still at work and admitted she'd have trouble concentrating for the rest of the day. But once she was at home, she could truly celebrate by pouring a glass of wine and ordering her favorite takeaway, if you are hungry for a win, well, we are always serving out more chances to excite and delight Aussies across the country. Hopefully we can deliver some delicious winning news to you soon