A group of 19 mining mates who took home $53

A group of 19 mining mates who took home $53.3million in the nation’s biggest Powerball jackpot say a rainbow formed over their mine site just before their life-changing win.

The West Australian miners in Kalgoorlie-Boulder each spent $100 on the $160 million Powerball draw in a ‘spur of the moment’ decision to go in together as a syndicate for the first time.

The miners saw a rainbow appear over the mine site at 5.30pm on the evening of the draw – with one quipping ‘that’s our pot of gold’.

The group of 19 mining mates who took home $53.3million, in the nation’s biggest Powerball jackpot said a rainbow over their mine site predicted their life-changing win

The group saw the rainbow at 5.30pm on the evening of the draw.

‘We saw the rainbow land in the pit right behind us and thought “that’s our pot of gold for tonight”,’ the miners said

One of the winning miners of the mega jackpot (pictured)

‘We saw the rainbow land in the pit right behind us and thought “that’s our pot of gold for tonight”,’ one told the <a style=”font-weight: bold;” class=”class” rel=”nofollow noreferrer noopener” target=”_blank” website Miner.

The group originally believed they had won the division two prize before the ticket holder exclaimed the they were in fact division one winners.

‘He’s a big joker, so no one believed him,’ the group said.

‘It took a bit of convincing before it started to sink in that we’d won.’

The syndicate joined a western Sydney dad and 파워볼 a Victorian grandfather as the three division prize winners in the $160million Powerball draw.

The WA miners each spent $100 on the $160 million Powerball lottery in a last-minute decision in Kalgoorlie – Boulder, in Western Australia

The ticket was purchased at Boulder Newsagency and Lotto.

Store owner Michael Saville said he was thrilled to play a part in helping 18 local Kalgoorlie-Boulder families

Members of the group who formed the syndicate said they would spend their winnings on early retirement, holidays and spoiling their families.

The ticket was purchased at Boulder Newsagency and Lotto.

Store owner Michael Saville said he was thrilled to play a part in helping 18 local Kalgoorlie-Boulder families.

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