Australians driven mad by Powerball fever crashed Lottoland’s website trying to buy tickets for Wednesday’s night’s record $1.5b prize draw.

Lottoland, which only just launched its Australian site after receiving a license from the Northern Territory Racing Commission, reportedly signed up 107k members this week. The ensuing frenzy to win the largest jackpot prize in world history ultimately proved too much for Lottoland’s website.

There were undoubtedly cries of anguish and rending of clothing across Australia as punters logged on to Lottoland.com.au only to find a simple block of text expressing sorrow for the technical difficulties.

Luke Brill, managing director of Lottoland’s Aussie operations, told the Sydney Morning Herald that the response to the site’s launch has “blown all our expectations out of the window … We’re just hoping someone from Australia wins it.”