Secrets from Australia’s richest lottery winner ahead as Powerball jackpiot surges to $160 million

The Powerball jackpot has skyrocketed to $160million making it the largest ever lottery prize in the history of the country.

Punters will have a chance to win the eye-watering sum of money from Powerball draw 1380 on Thursday night.

The record-breaking sum comes after there were no division one winners during the Powerball draw 1379 last week.

The Powerball jackpot has surged to $160million making it the largest ever lottery prize in the history of the country

The winning numbers were 14, 33, 11, 25, 17, 24 and six and the Powerball was 18.

Some 15 punters won division two and will split a $2million prize pool between each other.

The largest ever Powerball win was set at $107million and was won by a Sydney nurse in 2019. 

The proud mum opened up on her win two years later in 2021 revealing she thought she had won $107,000. 

She revealed she has stuck to living her regular life, surprising Australians by saying both her and her husband would be keeping their jobs..

She had some unexpected advice for those who win Lotto: ‘If it’s possible and you can stand it, wake up the next morning and go to work.’ 

She advised Aussies to go about their normal everyday life to give yourself time to think.

‘It gives you normality, and it allows the news to slowly sink in.’

‘Run, don’t walk, to a really good financial adviser,’ the Sydney winner said.

‘It takes two weeks for the prize money to come through. I used those two weeks to engage a financial adviser who I really trusted.’

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She advises winners to be careful about who they tell. 

‘Only a handful of people know,’ she said of her win.

‘Take some time to think about who you might tell before you start sharing the news with your family and friends, and let the story get out of the headlines first.

‘I have a small group of very loyal friends, and you just don’t know how people will react but I haven’t had any negative responses.

‘If this news affects relationships in a negative way, then it’s probably time for that relationship to end anyway and that’s just natural.

‘Honestly, everyone we told were in tears, genuine, happy tears!

‘The people I have told were all so thrilled to be let in on the secret and be one of the people who helped guide me in the right direction.

‘No one ever asked me for money, not one person. I told people it had been locked away.’

While continuing to live a modest life, the down-to-earth nurse said it was the small things she wouldn’t normally be able to afford.

“Being able to buy fresh flowers is a luxury. It’s the little things like that, that I don’t have to feel guilty about,’ she said.

“I can buy a nicer bottle of wine now … after celebrating with a cheap bottle of chardonnay.”

The largest ever Powerball win was set at $107million and was won by a Sydney nurse in 2019

But the nurse revealed the real prize from her record-breaking win was being able to afford experiences with her family.

‘I love books and to be able to go into a bookshop and buy whatever book I want is amazing. It’s things like that that I don’t take for granted,’ she said.

‘And having the ability to travel with the children is incredible. We never thought we’d be able to afford to do that. It was always out of reach for us, so to have those memories is priceless.’

As well as these luxuries, the Sydney family bought a lovely home, and hoped that future generations would continue to live in it.