Tag: US Powerball Winner

Winning large lottery jackpots can be more money than many 1% of the population are going to make over their whole lifetime. This actually can come with some huge disappointments and disadvantages.

Another eye-popping lottery prize of $456.7 million was claimed over the weekend, cracking our list of the 20 largest jackpots in U.S. history.

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

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.”

Many horror stories usually follow the ‘fortunate’ lottery winners, from bankruptcy and jail time to murder. However, we now look at the happier side of winning the lottery and follow some short stories of those who used their winnings for good!