winner from San Diego, California, who won the $522,000,000
prize back in June 2019.
My heart was beating fast, said Bibal.
After finding out she had just won the jackpot.
She even told lottery officials she felt luck coming her
way and decided to hide the ticket inside a secret place,
which obviously no one knew about.
After winning the $522,000,000, Bibal chose to take the cash
option of $340,000,000.
1st thing she did was pay off debt and buy a new home.
Number 14 Richard Wall, another sole winner.
This New Jersey native won a $533,000,000 jackpot prize on
March 31.
Nine, he bought his ticket in a local gas station after coming
off from work at Ace Food Service from Vernon, he said.
While I was looking at my numbers, I knew that I had won.
I actually felt like it was God's plan for me to win that
day. The $533,000,000 is the biggest lottery win claimed
in the state of New Jersey.
Eventually, he had to take the cash option and walked away
with 324,000,000.
That's still pretty big if you ask me first.
Things he did was go on a vacation, give some to his relatives
who are living paycheck to paycheck and give some to his
mother. He then hired a financial adviser to help him manage
the money.
Number 13 Warren DLLC, not the real family name because they
wanted to protect their identity.
This family from Cambridge, Indiana, were just cruising along
the state back on July 8, 2016, to go to the kids sports
activities. They made a quick stop in a gas station and the
family decided to try their luck.
Good call.
Shortly after they won the jackpot prize of $536,000,000,
but they chose the cash option of $378,000,000 instead.
I'd still take that over nothing.
At that time, it was considered to be the largest amount
won by a single ticket holder.
Number 1211 Coworkers These coworkers, ranging from 21 to
61 years old, worked at a finance company in Santa Clara,
California. The group confessed they normally wouldn't play
these kinds of lottery games, but they decided to give it
a try, since they paid only $2 for the tickets.
Roland Reyes, one of the eleven, said that they decided to
try it out because the prize money was big.
$543,000,000 big.
If we can win, anyone can win, said Reyes.
Choosing the option gave them $29 million each after taxes,
which turned out to be a pretty good investment.
Imagine turning $2 into $29 million.
Number Eleven Jane Doe this woman filed a legal action to
remain anonymous after winning $559.7 million, the New Hampshire
native bought a ticket on January 6, 2018, but she accidentally
signed the back of the ticket.
She did that because she thought it was required by the lottery
Commission in order to pay the prize.
In New Hampshire, information like this should be shared
to the public, so eventually her identity was revealed.
After winning, Jane said, I wanted to remain anonymous and
live a normal life, not being targeted as the woman who won
half a billion dollars.
First thing she did with the money was to pay off debt and
give back to her community.
Number ten, Marie Holmes and two more winners, a single mum
from North Carolina.
Marie won one third of the $564,000,000 jackpot back on February
11, 2015.
No names were shared about the other two winners, but we
know that one lived in Puerto Rico and the other one is from
Texas. Choosing the cash option.
They each got a little over $125,000,000.
Number Nine Cindy and Mark Hill and Matthew Goode, Cindy
and Mark Hill from Missouri won half of the $587.5 million
jackpot back on November 28, 2012.
Instead of purchasing a sports car, Mark Hill bought a new
pickup truck to meet with friends at a local coffee shop.
Since winning, the couple has given back so much to the community
and decided to retire early and sit back to enjoy life.
The other winner was Matthew Goode from Fountain Hills, Arizona,
who was very overwhelmed after finding out he won half of
the major jackpot.
He bought the ticket for $10 and kept it in the sun visor
of his car.
Looks like a good hiding place.
First thing he did after winning the money was hiring financial
advisers to help him manage his money.
Number Eight Gloria McKenzie, an 84 year old woman from the
town of Zephyr Hills in Florida, was walking through the
supermarket when she decided to purchase a lottery ticket.
Little did she know it would change her life.
Gloria won $590.5 million playing Powerball on May 18, 2013.
Words says that only five years after winning the money,
she lost almost everything because of her son's bad investment
decision. A friendly advice for all the viewers watching
this value your money.
Number seven, IRA Curry and Steve Tran, IRA Curry from Stone
Mountain, Georgia, and Steve Tran, a delivery driver from
California, split the $648,000,000 jackpot prize back on
December 17, 2013.
She headed straight to the lottery headquarters after finding
out she had won the jackpot, a complete opposite to Steve
Tran, who found out a month after it was announced Curry
chose the cash option and won $120,000,000 after federal
taxes of 25% and 6% on state taxes.
Tran also decided to take the cash option $173,000,000 before
federal taxes.
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and let me know what you think of the first eight winners,
we're about to reveal the $2 billion winners, so keep on
watching to find out exactly how much money they actually
pocketed number Six three Amigos.
Just as their nickname.
These three friends held three winning tickets of the $656,000,000
jackpot. On March 30, 2012.
Two of the Amigos were women, one in her twentys and the
other in her 50s.
The other Amigo was a man in his fortys.
At that time.
They worked in Maryland's public school system.
In the end, each got around $150,000,000.
Number Five Loren West and Robert Bailey West from Iowa,
and Bailey from New York, won $687.8 million on October 27,
2018. Lauren, a 51 year old grandmother, almost lost her
ticket because she left it in the back of her sister's pickup
truck. Imagine that Bailey, on the other hand, is a retired
government worker.
He opted for the lump sum payment, which trimmed down his
$343.8 million to $125.3 million after taxes.
Still a pretty decent amount of money.
Number Four Mavis L onevic.
On August 23, 2017.
Mavis, the sole winner of the $758.7 million, was just getting
off to work when she got shocked by the news that she was
now a multi millionaire.
Mavis worked at a hospital in town, Massachusetts.
Fun fact.
She actually used the birthdays of her family members for
the winning numbers.
I'm pretty sure a lot of people use this strategy when deciding
what numbers to choose.
And for Mavis, it paid off really well.
Number three Manuel Franco.
Manuel, a 24 year old guy from Wisconsin, won $768.4 million
back on March 27, 2019.
He bought the ticket one month before at a Speedway on Bellot
Road in New Berlin, a suburb of Milwaukee.
The jackpot was the third largest in US lottery history.
Franco helped one of his family members by paying their College
tuition, and I'm pretty sure he has spoiled himself as well.
If you think Manuel wanted big, wait until you see these
top two.
Number two anonymous.
This mystery winner who lives in the state of South Carolina,
won a whopping $1.5 billion back on October 23, 2018.
South Carolina is one of a handful of States that allows
lottery winners to remain anonymous, so it's no surprise
this lucky winner decided to take that option.
It's exciting.
Good for me.
Good for him, her or whoever it is, said Charag Patel, owner
of the convenience store.
It's a shame he didn't get any of it.
The anonymous winner chose the cash option that guaranteed
him or her $878,000,000 after taxes.
Number one, Lisa and John Robinson, Marvin and Maya Costa
and a trust fund.
Three winning tickets split a record lottery ticket of $1,586,000,000.
On January 13, 2016.
Lisa and John from Florida got their ticket from a supermarket
a few days before, while Marvin and May purchase the ticket
from a 711 in Chino Hills, California.
The third and final ticket was claimed by the Nickel 95 trust
located in Florida.
Each of the winners chose the cash option, which entitled
them to $325,000,000.