THE Oz Lotto Division 1 prize pool will be $100 million next Tuesday, the highest on record in Australia.

Next Tuesday's $100 million jackpot - dubbed the "jackpot that stops a nation" by organisers because it will fall on Melbourne Cup Day - sets a new record for an advertised first division prize pool.

It is just shy of Australia's largest ever lotto win - when $106,549,984.76 was shared between two punters in June 2009 - however that draw had only been guaranteed at $90 million.

Last night's winning numbers were 26, 21, 31, 4, 8, 5 and 16 (Supplementaries: 32, 41).

More than one-third of the nation had a ticket in the draw but all were luckless again.

Oz Lotto has been without a Division 1 winner since one lucky soul claimed a $13 million win on August 28 - nine weeks.

"While no one in Australia matched the seven winning numbers drawn in Oz Lotto to win the $70 million first division prize, more than 1.9 million Australians won prizes across divisions two to seven, sharing in a total prize pool of $39.4 million," a lotteries spokeswoman said.

Originally published as You could be $100m richer next week