It was hard watching the trail of self-destruction in this rare 20/20 interview that was the life of USA Powerball winner Jack Whittaker. And I couldn't help wondering how this successful businessman, already worth $17 million at the time, could have got it so wrong.
After years of making do with cheap sunglasses, I got worried about the effect they were having on my eyes.
Read MoreSo your multi-million dollar win is sitting in the bank and you're pretty happy about everything right now. But then your finance manager taps you on the shoulder. "I think there's something you should know..." she says. Forbes.com looks into a winner's money and comes out with some surprising options for you.
I was redirected to a spammy website recently. Now, normally I would just click away, but something caught my attention. The photo looked very familiar.
Read MoreIn July 2014 Jack Long promised to give something back to his community from his $60 million Powerball jackpot win. His Fontana Foundation of Hope continues to give to a variety of local groups. VIDEO: California Lottery
It probably happens a dozen times a day. Someone forgets to collect their lottery ticket after purchase and it gets left on the counter.
Read MoreIt didn’t take long for scammers to start using the name of Powerball winner Charles W Jackson (pictured) name to grab some quick money.
Read MoreWhen the $1.5 Billion Powerball was won by three tickets in 2016, billionaire Mark Cuban gave some interesting advice to winners.
Read MoreThis Good Morning America interview with two major winners (watch below) reminds us that many winners have been able to succeed in doing what other winners couldn’t.
Read MoreIt's part of the winning ritual - lottery jackpot winners photographed holding an oversized cardboard check with the gigantic prize amount shown on it. But could these lucky recipients take the signed check down to the bank and cash it?
Read MoreGood fortune followed Charles W. Jackson Jr. on Saturday when he won the US Powerball jackpot. The 66-year-old retiree from Raleigh discovered on Tuesday that he won the $344.6 million Powerball jackpot, the largest prize in the state's history.
Read MoreThere was one winning ticket for Saturday’s $344.6 million Powerball, sold at a North Carolina grocery store. But the winner holding this ticket has yet to make an appearance. They have 180 days to claim their prize.
Read MoreIs this the secret to today’s enormous jackpots? The main prizes for the Mega Millions and Powerball have been on the rise since the two struck a deal to cross-sell tickets in each others' member states in 2010. But there’s much more to the story. CNBC investigates in this fascinating documentary.
Makes sense, doesn't it? The bigger the prize, the bigger the check. So these 3 lottery winning photos explain this theory perfectly!
Read More$293 million Powerball winner Cindy Hill holds the microphone to daughter Jaiden, as husband Mark and sons Jason and Cody look on. They won half of the $587.5 million Powerball jackpot in that draw. Photo: Dave Kaup/Reuters
When a Forbes Magazine writer wrote about an Arizona Powerball win in 2012, she gave some good advice from the anonymous winners on how to handle their win.
Read MoreManuel Franco, seen here with Nicole Domitro, revealed himself in April as the $768 million Powerball jackpot winner. PHOTO: Facebook
All the multi-millionaire Powerball winner wanted to do was give away some of his wealth. At the press conference in April he spoke about helping others after financial advisors got his own affairs in order. But a month later, Manuel Franco found it was a harder task than he first thought.
Read MoreUrbandale $1 million Powerball winner Robert Winburn said his system finally paid off after 20 year's trying. But Silverites would be astonished at how long it took and how wackily his 'system' was designed.
Read MoreThis is a rare look behind the scenes at the Florida Powerball lottery headquarters. You will get to see the actual vault in this 2012 CBS doco and see where the draw machines are kept and their security operation that makes Powerball one of the safest lottery draws available. Even the lottery balls in each draw are chosen randomly to reduce any possibility of error.
"It's a dream," said John Robertson, a $1.6 Billion Powerball shared winner, to Ellen Degeneres on The Ellen Show, "and I don't want to wake up right now!" John and Lisa collected a third share in the 2016 draw, which amounted to nearly $529 million. The couple spoke to her on the popular daily show about their gigantic win and also revealed to Ellen when they bought tickets.
Don't be like these 48 Pennsylvania Powerball winners who shared the $107 million jackpot, only getting $2.2 million each.
Everyone gets excited when a major game like the Mega Millions, Powerball, UK National Lottery or Canada's Lotto Max starts heading into the multi-million territory.
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