Check your tickets! Powerball's monster $100million jackpot is drawn

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Stevens, K. (2026, October 15). Check your tickets! Powerball's monster $100million jackpot is drawn. Daily Mail. https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16210729/Powerball-100m-jackpot.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

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Daily Mail · collected 2026-10-15 · by Kylie Stevens

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Thursday night saw the drawing of a $100 million Powerball jackpot in Australia after five consecutive weeks without a winner. Up to half of Australian adults were expected to have purchased tickets for this draw. The winning numbers are 14, 24, 15, 3, 27, 32 and 30, with the Powerball number being 16. If there is a single winner, they will claim Australia's third-largest lottery prize ever recorded.
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The Powerball draw on October 13, 2026, resulted in winning numbers 14, 24, 15, 3, 27, 32 and the Powerball number 16. With no winners for five consecutive weeks, the jackpot climbed to a record $100 million, making it Australia's third-largest lottery prize ever if claimed by one person. Up to half of Australian adults were expected to have purchased tickets for this draw. This is only the 13th time in Powerball’s 30-year history that the jackpot has reached nine figures, with a similar $100 million unclaimed prize from June 2025.

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📰 Powerball Jackpot Drawn
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⚖️ leaning not scored 🔴 21% hedged 8 of 38 📰 publisher trust 64
“Article A discusses strategies to improve chances of winning before the draw, while Article B reports on the actual results and aftermath of the Powerball draw.”
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Kylie Stevens
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Topics

Aussies Australia Australian Powerball Sydney

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Powerball ORG · 6× Australia GPE · 2× Aussies NORP · 1× Australian NORP · 1× Sydney GPE · 1×

Narrative

The winning numbers for Powerball draw 1587 were 14, 24, 15, 3, 27, 32 and 30, while the Powerball was 16. If a single ticket holder wins, they will walk away with Australia's equal third-largest lottery prize on record.
framing: assertive · carried by 1 article(s) · first seen 2026-10-15
🔮 Up to half of Australian adults were expected to have bought a ticket for Thursday night's draw.
2026-10-15 · Daily Mail
Check your tickets! Powerball's monster $100million jackpot is drawn · assertive framing

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Millions of Aussies are scrambling to find their tickets following Thursday night's massive Powerball draw. asserted
Millions → scramble → draw
The jackpot climbed to $100million after no one claimed the top prize for five consecutive weeks, setting up the biggest Powerball draw in more than a year. asserted
one → climb → year
Up to half of Australian adults were expected to have bought a ticket for Thursday night's draw. asserted
half → expect → draw
The winning numbers for Powerball draw 1587 were 14, 24, 15, 3, 27, 32 and 30, while the Powerball was 16. If a single ticket holder wins, they will walk away with Australia's equal third-largest lottery prize on record. asserted
they → win → record
It is just the 13th time the jackpot has reached nine figures in the 30-year history of Powerball. asserted
jackpot → reach → Powerball
An earlier $100 million Powerball prize remains unclaimed after a winning ticket was purchased at Bondi Junction Newsagency in Sydney's eastern suburbs in June 2025. asserted
ticket → remain → June
If a single ticket holder wins the $100million Powerball, they will walk away with Australia's equal third-largest lottery prize on record asserted
they → win → record
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