$38m Powerball: Why professors of statistics play Lotto too, when the prize is big enoughMICHAEL BRADLEY Lucky number 7. • July 2016: Powerball jackpots to $40m• September 2013: $33m Powerball prize won by a player in West Auckland. • March 2012: A $26m Powerball First Division prize won by buyer from the small town of Te Kauwhata. • October 2010: $28.7m Powerball prize won by a player in Papakura in Auckland. • October 2009: A $22.4m Powerball prize won by buyer from Manukau in Auckland.

Source: Stuff November 04, 2016 20:58 UTC