The Australian Powerball jackpot once again went unclaimed – as nobody was able to match the winning numbers.

On the up side though, this does now mean we have an enormous jackpot of $50 Million this Thursday – the largest ever jackpot for an Australian lottery.

So will we see the richest ever Australian lottery winner?

The popular Australian Powerball game was made to pay out very big prizes – and very big jackpot winners. The largest ever lottery wins have been more than $30 million only four times. And that’s since the game launched back in 1996, making this weeks draw a very special event for all Australians.

Who were the big winners?

Three of those great big jackpots were won from the Powerball game, with one each from Western Australia, Victoria and New South Wales. Oz Lotto provided the other biggest win.

Oz Lotto has also created the biggest ever Australian lottery prize so far. And it happened just a few weeks back. An mind boggling first division prize of $47 Million was claimed on 29 April 2008. It was shared by just two winning tickets, both bought in Sydney’s western suburbs. One was a young man who got to claim $24 Million, the other a syndicate of laboratory workers – who after sharing out the win still got $1.5 Million each to take home.

If you want to play this exciting Powerball draw in a syndicate for a much better chance of winning, you can join the Australian Syndicate online now.