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A US Powerball winner, identified as Jane Doe, who won a $560m (£403m) jackpot has been allowed to remain anonymous after a legal battle.

Before being sentenced to 25 years in prison, Eddy Tipton apologies in front of the court for his actions. The computer program that a former lottery security official used to rig drawings worth millions of dollars in Iowa and other states was more expansive than investigators first discovered, court records filed last week show.

A lottery jackpot winner will get her money after a legal fight over releasing her identity plays out in court. A judge ruled in favor of a New Hampshire woman allowing the woman to claim the ticket through a trust, although the woman had already signed the ticket herself.

A New Hampshire woman who bought a Powerball lottery ticket worth $560 million last month is fighting to remain anonymous, saying in a lawsuit that releasing her name would “constitute a significant invasion of her privacy.”

Here are six smart lessons you can learn from how the three Powerball winners each handled their life-changing experience. Find out what the winners did right and wrong.