Brisbane student heads for early retirement after winning $20 million Powerball

A Brisbane man in his 20s is taking home the entire $20 million Powerball jackpot .

The MacGregor man, a university student who is choosing to remain anonymous, had the only winning entry for Division One last night.

In an ecstatic call with an official from The Lott immediately after discovering he had won, the man said he would have to wait until later this morning to tell his family — they had been asleep when he tried to call with the good news.

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"They'll see all these missed calls from me," he said, adding that he had kept putting off getting his ticket until shortly before the draw closed.

"Every time I've seen the news about a lottery winner, I've thought 'That lucky guy, it's going to be me next time'," he said.

"I can't believe it's happened."

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Meanwhile, he said he plans to watch a movie to calm himself down, while he processes the life-changing win and plots his early retirement.

"I'm never going to work again," he said.

"People give their whole lives to work, but I'm going to put my family and friends first. I'm going to help them and surprise them — some have been through a tough year.

The winning numbers in the Powerball draw 1283 were 29, 4, 17, 16, 33, 5 and 9. The Powerball number was 13.