Former Powerball winner gets personal with $4.75 million Illinois lottery winners
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Denise Banks-Wilson of Maryvale (center) with her $4.75 million Illinois Lottery ticket, her son, Austin Randolph (left), and her husband, Calvin Wilson. PHOTO: ILLINOIS LOTTERY
Maryville resident Denise Banks-Wilson’s $1 Quick Pick ticket matched all six numbers — 12-18-29-30-31-52 — to win a $4,750,000 Illinois Lottery jackpot prize in 2017.
Former 1999 Powerball winner Timothy Schultz interviewed Denise Banks-Wilson and Calvin Wilson as they open up their lives in this video (click to watch).
Here’s the timeline if you want to jump ahead:
1:11 Interview begins
1:51 What led to purchasing the winning ticket?
6:29 The winning lottery ticket was in the trash
7:17: What did it feel like when you won?
9:31 What did you do with the winning ticket?
10:32 Claiming the lottery win
13:37 How did people react?
14:32 Did you ever imagine that you might win?
16:34: Thoughts on God and the lottery win
18:36 Advice for lottery players
27:42 What was it like being on MY LOTTERY DREAM HOME?
33:57 Taxes on lottery winnings
37:37 How did you spend the winnings?
39:33 Misconceptions about lottery winners
40:01 Did the lottery change how you were perceived?
40:28 Lottery magnifies personalities
41:14 Advice for future lottery winners
45:57 Has the lottery made you happier?
46:53 Helping family
49:06 Were you surprised that you won?
53:20 How has the lottery changed your life?
56:22 Outro
