Yes—if one West Australian entry had won the $150 million Powerball draw on 25 January 2024, its prize would have topped the $107 million single-entry record cited by Lotterywest at the time. That was a possibility reported ahead of the draw, not a report that a WA player won. The $150 million figure was the total jackpot, a different measure from the amount one entry received.
What the January 2024 headline meant
PerthNow published its preview on 25 January 2024, ahead of that evening’s $150 million Powerball draw. Lotterywest said a single Division One-winning entry from WA could surpass the Australian single-entry record of $107 million, won in January 2019. The claim was conditional: it described what could happen if one entry won the jackpot, not a confirmed result. Lotterywest’s preview and PerthNow’s dated story provide the contemporaneous framing.
Why $150 million was not necessarily the biggest jackpot
The headline compared a potential single-entry prize with a record amount won by one entry. It did not establish a record for Australia’s largest total lottery jackpot. Lotterywest had reported a $160 million Powerball jackpot in October 2022, shared among three winning entries; one was a Western Australian syndicate. The total jackpot was larger than $150 million, but it was divided across entries. Lotterywest’s October 2022 report described it as the largest Australian Lotto jackpot at that time.
| Claim | Amount and date | What it measures |
|---|---|---|
| Single-entry record cited in the January 2024 preview | $107 million, January 2019 | One entry’s win, as described by Lotterywest in 2024. |
| Powerball jackpot in the January 2024 preview | $150 million, draw scheduled for 25 January 2024 | Total jackpot; a single winning entry could have exceeded the cited $107 million record. |
| Earlier Australian Powerball jackpot record | $160 million, October 2022 | Total jackpot shared among three winning entries. |
| Earlier $150 million jackpot | $150 million, September 2019 | Three winners received $50 million each. |
Lotterywest reported the September 2019 division as $50 million per winner. That illustrates why a total jackpot and a single winner’s share should not be treated as interchangeable records. Lotterywest’s September 2019 report gives the split.
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What was the WA prize record?
In its January 2024 preview, Lotterywest put WA’s prize record at $80 million. It said a group of 55 gym members won the entire Powerball jackpot in 2021. The acting CEO, Jeremy Hubble, said: “If WA celebrates a single Division One win in tonight’s draw it will almost double the State’s current prize record of $80 million, which was set in 2021 when a group of 55 gym ladies took home the entire Powerball jackpot.” The conditional matters: he was describing a possible outcome of the upcoming draw, not announcing a winner. The release also recorded Lotterywest’s estimate that close to half of Australian adults would enter that night; this was an expectation, not a measured result.
Did a WA player win the $150 million?
The January preview alone does not say that a WA entry won that evening’s draw. A separate $150 million Powerball draw in May 2024 was won by a South Australian resident, while two WA entries won Division Two prizes. Those are distinct draws, and the May result was not a WA win of the full Division One jackpot. Lotterywest’s May 2024 report identifies the winner’s state and the WA Division Two results.
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Other figures in Lotterywest’s 2024 preview
Lotterywest’s release also summarised 2023 as a year in which 20 Powerball Division One winning entries shared more than $552.15 million. That is a count of winning entries and their combined prizes, not a single-winner record. The same release contains the figure.
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For the January 2024 draw, Lotterywest said tickets were available through its outlets, online and its app until 6pm on draw day. It also promoted syndicates as a way to share the ticket cost and any prize. Those details relate to that particular historical draw; they should not be used as current purchase instructions. The cited material does not establish current ticket rules, availability or odds.
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