Key figures from our archive of 7,652 Australian lotto draws, updated automatically after every draw. Figures to Thursday 22 October 2026.
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In our records. Prize data runs from November 1998 for Saturday Lotto, Powerball and Oz Lotto (some Saturday Lotto draws before 2006 have none) and from May 2024 for Weekday Windfall. National figures. More on Biggest Wins.
| Game | Biggest prize to one entry | Biggest Division 1 pool | Most entries sharing Division 1 | Longest run without a Division 1 winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday Lotto | $7.3 million 26 May 2007 |
$40 million 31 Dec 2022, 12 entries |
54 entries 31 Dec 2004, $574,074 each |
1 draw from 7 Mar 2026, ended 14 Mar 2026 |
| Powerball | $150 million 23 May 2024 |
$200 million 1 Feb 2024, 2 entries |
5 entries 5 Apr 2012, $3 million each |
8 draws from 25 Jul 2019, ended 19 Sep 2019 Now: 1 draw |
| Oz Lotto | $100 million 4 Feb 2025 |
$112 million 6 Nov 2012, 4 entries |
10 entries 14 Mar 2000, $500,000 each |
11 draws from 6 May 2008, ended 22 Jul 2008 Now: 6 draws |
| Weekday Windfall | $2 million 3 Dec 2025 |
$6 million 13 Oct 2025, 6 entries |
6 entries 13 Oct 2025, $1 million each |
7 draws from 10 Dec 2025, ended 26 Dec 2025 Now: 2 draws |
Weekday Windfall's Division 1 is a set prize, so a draw without a winner doesn't grow it.
| Game | Format | Division 1 odds | Draws on record |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday Lotto | 6 from 45 | 1 in 8,145,060 | 2,095 since 30 Aug 1986 |
| Powerball | 7 from 35 plus a Powerball from 1 to 20 | 1 in 134,490,400 | 1,588 since 23 May 1996 |
| Oz Lotto | 7 from 47 | 1 in 62,891,499 | 1,705 since 22 Feb 1994 |
| Weekday Windfall | 6 from 45 | 1 in 8,145,060 | 380 since 20 May 2024 |
Odds are for one game in the current format. Weekday Windfall counts the current game, from May 2024; earlier Monday and Wednesday Lotto draws are in the download.
| Game | Most drawn | Longest absent now |
|---|---|---|
| Saturday Lotto | 1 (319), 11 (306), 42 (303) | 35 last drawn 7 Mar 2026, 32 draws ago |
| Powerball | 22 (252), 5 (247), 7 (245) | 25 last drawn 25 Jun 2026, 17 draws ago |
| Oz Lotto | 27 (293), 28 (277), 29 (277) | 23 last drawn 28 Apr 2026, 25 draws ago |
| Weekday Windfall | 36 (70), 26 (66), 11 (64) | 32 last drawn 4 Sep 2026, 20 draws ago |
Winning (main) numbers over every draw on record, counting only numbers still in play. Every draw is independent: past results don't change the odds of the next one.
Not official sales figures. Each draw's lower prize divisions are a fixed share of sales, so games played and sales can be worked back from the prize pools in the official results. Available from 2021 (Oz Lotto from May 2022, Weekday Windfall from May 2024). Each draw page shows its own estimate.
| Game | Typical draw, last 12 months | Busiest draw in our estimates |
|---|---|---|
| Saturday Lotto | about 35.7 million games, $30.4 million in sales median of 52 draws |
31 Dec 2021: about 183.6 million games, $137.7 million Division 1 won by 17 entries, $40 million pool |
| Powerball | about 36.2 million games, $50.3 million in sales median of 53 draws |
1 Feb 2024: about 322 million games, $386.5 million Division 1 won by 2 entries, $200 million pool |
| Oz Lotto | about 14.4 million games, $19.2 million in sales median of 52 draws |
26 Dec 2023: about 99.6 million games, $133.4 million Division 1 won by 3 entries, $97.9 million pool |
| Weekday Windfall | about 5.6 million games, $3.7 million in sales median of 156 draws |
3 Dec 2025: about 19 million games, $12.3 million Division 1 won by 1 entry, $2 million pool |
Winning numbers are on record back to 1986 for Saturday Lotto, 1994 for Oz Lotto and 1996 for Powerball, with full division prize data from 2006. Records are national and come from the official results; they are "in our records", so a figure from before our prize data begins may not appear. Estimates are labelled and are our own calculations, not figures from any lottery operator.
How to cite: G Network, "Australian Lotto by the Numbers", gnetwork.com.au/australian-lotto-statistics, updated Thursday 22 October 2026.
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