Mum wins $107M Powerball jackpot setting Australian lottery history

A mother has revealed her shock after winning a record-breaking Powerball jackpot, totalling an incredible $107 million.

The Sydney woman, who wished to remain anonymous but is in her 40s, was “hysterical” on the phone as a Lott official broke the news that she had won the biggest ever individual prize in Australian lottery history.

But despite the windfall, she insisted she has no plans to quit her job and hoped to celebrate with “a cheap glass of chardonnay”.

The woman admitted on the phone to the official that she initially thought she had won $107,000, but when she realised it was in fact millions, she struggled to contain her astonishment.

“I don’t understand what is going on!” she said, according to the Lott’s official statement. “I’ve had such a tumultuous day, so I don’t know where I am and what I am doing!

“I don’t understand – is this actually real? I don’t believe it! I don’t believe it! Is this a trick?”

Revealing how she had mistakenly assumed she won thousands, the woman then added: “Wait – are you telling me I’ve won $107 million!? Oh my god! That is just so much money!”

When asked how she planned to spend her millions, the devoted mum said her family would come first in all of her plans, while she’ll also give some money to her favourite charity and perhaps even “buy a caravan and travel around too”.

While she would now have the option to quit work all together, she insisted that’s not a possibility and added: “I’m a healthcare professional but I won’t be retiring! I’m so passionate about my job. It will drive me to do more health work for causes important to me.”

Recalling how she came to hold the winning ticket, the mum said her family were in her mind when she purchased it – but she simply chose random numbers when filling it in.

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“It was so random. I just decided to log-on yesterday and mark an entry with some random numbers,” she revealed. “I just don’t understand how this lucky ticket has won me $107 million!

“I’m not sure how I will be able to sleep tonight, but for now I’m going to go have a cheap glass of chardonnay.”

Incredibly, the winner’s division one prize was boosted to $107,575,649.08 in the end due to the number of entries purchased in the draw.

Do you regularly fill in lottery tickets? What would you spend the money on?