Watch the Powerball draw live on TV You can tune into the live Powerball draw airing on television each and every Thursday evening at 8:30pm.
Draw close time is Thursday 7:30pm AEST (8:30pm AEDT) and is drawn shortly after.
The best way to enjoy the Australian Powerball experience is to check your Powerball results live as the numbers are drawn on Channel 7 or 7TWO (and affiliated regional stations) at 8:30pm AEST and 9:30pm AEDT every Thursday.
There is no prize for matching four numbers in Powerball. If you match two, three or four numbers, you must also have the Powerball to win a prize. The Powerball jackpot starts at $4 million and rolls over to the next draw if there are no Division 1 winners.
The winning 7 Powerball numbers are randomly selected from a pool of 35 balls numbered 1 to 35. Then, the winning Powerball number is randomly selected from a pool of 20 balls numbered 1 to 20. To win Division 1, you need all 7 matching numbers to win in Powerball plus the Powerball number.
What Can You Win Matching One Number on Powerball? Depending on which number you match, you can win either $4 or you'll win nothing. If you match the red Powerball number, you will win $4. Otherwise, if you match 1 white number you won't win anything.
Many people pick the hot numbers as a winning strategy. But come to think of it—every number has an equal chance in draws, so you must not forget to add one or two uncommon numbers in your mix, too. Stay clear of patterns – The randomness is what makes it hard to win the Powerball.
The operator says PowerHit entries, QuickPick entries and Syndicate entries have yielded the best results for punters. One in five division one winning entries for Powerball last financial year were PowerHits entries – a type of entry where the all-important Powerball number is guaranteed for a cost of $24 per game.
Watch the draw on TV
Saturday Lotto, Monday & Wednesday Lotto, Oz Lotto and Powerball draws can be seen on 7TWO at approximately 8:30pm AEST on the night of the official draw. Set for Life results for each daily draw can be seen on Channel 7 and 7TWO at approximately 9:45pm AEST every night.
3 numbers plus the Powerball - $100
If you purchase a ticket that matches three numbers and the Powerball you'll finally get back enough money to treat yourself or someone else to something special.
A PowerHit ticket increases your chance of winning Powerball by guaranteeing you the Powerball number. You'll only have to choose (or QuickPick) 7 numbers from 1 to 35 and you won't have to choose the Powerball number.
Every Thursday night, seven Winning Numbers and one Powerball could turn you into WA's next multi-millionaire. For even better odds, you can get the winning Powerball number with a Powerpik ticket.
You're a lottery winner. Now you're probably wondering, is my prize taxable? In Australia, lottery winnings are classified as tax-free income. This includes all prizes won through Golden Casket, NSW Lotteries, Tatts, Tatts NT and SA Lotteries.
PowerHit tickets are a favourite with many players as you're guaranteed the winning Powerball number with each entry. In fact, half of this year's Powerball division one winning entries have been PowerHit entries.
Dr Woodcock said the regular Saturday Lotto has a one in 8,145,060 chance – almost ten times more likely than Powerball, or “a little bit less likely than getting 27 people each to flip a fair coin and seeing all 27 coins land the same way".
We compiled a list of states with the MOST Powerball jackpot winners in the history of the game. The luckiest of the lucky? That would be Indiana. The Hoosier State boasts 39 jackpot wins since 1992, when Powerball got its start.
The most and least common winning numbers
Seven winning numbers are drawn from the main barrel and the most frequently drawn numbers are 17, 7, 9, 2 and 28, while the least frequently drawn are 31, 33, 34, 15 and 6.
Power Play is an add-on feature to Powerball that gives players a chance to increase their non-grand/jackpot prize winnings for just $1 more per play.
Winning the PowerBall jackpot
An average jackpot payout of more than R 22,000,000 makes PowerBall the biggest among all South African lotteries. Unlike Lotto, 90% of PowerBall jackpot winners are single-ticket winners meaning that they don't share their jackpot with anyone else.
If you hit on the Powerball number, you get a prize of $4. If you get one ball correct, you have to also hit the Powerball to win $4. If you hit two balls and the Powerball, you win $7.