Powerball winner bought $473 million ticket in Arizona but hasn't claimed it yet

A single lottery ticket sold in Arizona won Wednesday's Powerball jackpot of $473.1 million.

The winning numbers in the drawing were 11, 36, 61, 62 and 68. The Powerball number was 4. Strong sales caused the jackpot to climb beyond estimates.

The ticket was bought at a QuikTrip convenience store in Gilbert, a suburb of Phoenix, John Gilliland of the Arizona Lottery said. The identity of the winner is not yet known, but they can choose to take a lump sum payment of $283.3 million.

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There should be a financial training course for lottery players so they never end up like these 8 unfortunate winners. Remember that winning the lottery also brings much good fortune to many other winners who don't have these problems to work through.

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Famous street magician gives homeless man his wish if he won the lottery

David Blaine goes up to a homeless man and asks "Do you have any wishes?" The man says "I'd like to win the lottery." What happens after will astound anybody! Copyright David Blaine 1997 - 2011

David Blaine, 43, is a famous American magician, illusionist and endurance artist. In this trick he asks a homeless man to tell him a wish. When the man replies he wants to win the lottery, how do you think David Blaine makes that work? The surprise is that it's real.

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From Warren Buffett's bodyguard to a high-tech panic room in a Hollywood mansion and on board a mega yacht in Miami, CNBC goes behind the scenes with the men and women who protect the super-rich. These are nervous times for billionaires around the globe and an entire industry is on call ready to sell the ultra-rich super security.

Winning the lottery is just the start. From the time the flood of begging letters hit your doorstep to personal visits by desperate people wanting a share, your life could get dangerous quickly. That's why most lottery organisations recommend you pack up and leave your old life, and relocate somewhere else. Here's all the trade secrets that the rich use to protect themselves. Take a look... you might need it one day!

Which US states allow lottery winners to collect their wins anonymously?

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There's a reason why many lottery organisations have to give your name and photo out when a large jackpot is won.

You can see why in this video. But there are seven US states which allow winners to remain anonymous. Six states have been shown in this video, but in 2017 certain prize winners in Texas who win $1 million or more can choose to remain anonymous.

What happened after this Powerball jackpot winning mom claimed her $758 million prize

This is the story of Massachusetts mom Mavis L. Wanczyk and the $758,700,000 Powerball fortune she won in 2017. The patient care nurse immediately quit her job at the Mercy Medical Center where she had worked for the past 32 years, and her story becomes very interesting after that. Watch the story of Mavis and her win in this video.

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When a lottery jackpot winner has unlimited money, their world can look quite different to ours. Many winners start buying new cars, new homes and give away their fortune to family, friends and hangers-on. But these 10 millionaires have gone a step further, take a look.

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Rick Kenny is now $100,000 richer after purchasing a losing scratch-off ticket. It's pretty hard to win the lottery if you don't win the lottery.But one man from Virginia Beach, Virginia, is defying expectations. Rick Kenny's scratch-off ticket in the $100,000 Home Changer game was initially a losing draw.

The US Powerball lottery offers some of the biggest jackpot prizes to winners, with the smallest advertised jackpot being $20 million dollars paid out as an annuity over 30 years.

Still, millions of players try their luck every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday, but only a very small number of ticket holders hit the jackpot. In today's video we look at 10 Powerball winners and their remarkable stories.

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In many USA states lottery winners have to claim their prizes publicly. There is no option for jackpot winners to remain private, although a handful of states do allow them to remain anonymous. Former Powerball winner and podcaster Timothy Schultz talks about the reasons for and against it.

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Rick Kenny is now $100,000 richer after purchasing a losing scratch-off ticket. It's pretty hard to win the lottery if you don't win the lottery.But one man from Virginia Beach, Virginia, is defying expectations. Rick Kenny's scratch-off ticket in the $100,000 Home Changer game was initially a losing draw.

Here’s 10 of the most insane lottery prizewinner disasters the world has ever seen, from winners spending their last cent through to unsolved murders. Stay watching the countdown through to number 1 to find out which one of these unlucky winners lost millions of dollars before they could even spend it.

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The EuroMillions lottery is played across nine European countries and regularly produces multi-million jackpot winners from the twice-weekly draws. The players in this video have collectively won more than $1.5 billion dollars among them.

In this episode of Millionaire Post, you’ll see the exciting stories of 10 winners: three lucky winners, Chris and Colin Weir, two anonymous winners, a winner from Spain, a lucky winner from Portugal, the Bayfords, a winner from the UK, a French online winner, a winner from Switzerland and one winner from France.

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MERCH ►https://www.kylemcgran.com/ Hey whats up everyone today im back with such an awesome explore! In this video i adventure to an abandoned mansion left behind by a once very rich family. This is a short story of how some people go from "Riches To Rags" (yes you read that right).

See the shocking state of a mansion abandoned by an unknown and possible Mega Millions lottery winner after just 4 years ownership. The family declared bankruptcy and the house was left vacant to quickly rot into disrepair. As this video shows, the dilapidated house has seen better days and will take a lot of work to restore it to its former pristine condition.

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