About 10 million Australians are expected to take a punt on winning a nine-figure pay slip in one of the country’s biggest lottery draws.

Powerball has jackpotted to $100 million, with Thursday’s draw 1517 offering the year’s highest lottery prize so far.

The last time a jackpot of such magnitude was up for grabs, ticket sales peaked at more than 6400 a minute.

Only six people have won $100 million or more in Australian lotteries since 2018. The Lott’s Anna Hobdell said there might be a seventh after Thursday night’s draw.

“We’ve seen life-changing wins happen to anyone in the most unexpected places,” she said.

“The win could happen to anyone, a teacher, a tradie, a retiree, or a parent.”

If a single person has the right eight balls in Thursday’s draw, they will become Australia’s equal-third biggest lottery winner.

In February 2024, a Queensland woman was the last person to take home $100 million, pocketing half of a $200 million Powerball jackpot.

She’s moved from Brisbane to the coast and said she was thankful for her dad who picked up the winning call, early in the morning.

“On a day-to-day basis, not a huge amount has changed,” she said.

“I still get up for the 6am gym session and the dog still needs to be walked and fed.”

An Adelaide man still holds the country’s largest pay cheque from a lottery jackpot, after winning $150 million in May 2024.

The odds of a single entry winning the division-one prize are more than 134 million to one.

That’s worse than successfully ringing someone by completely guessing their mobile number.

National Gambling Helpline 1800 858 858

-AAP