As the Powerball jackpot hits $785 million, MarketWatch speaks with Cynthia P. Stafford, the big winner in a 2007 Mega Millions drawing.
With the Powerball jackpot now climbing to $785 million — there was no big winner in Saturday night’s drawing — many may think about buying a ticket and hoping for a shot at lottery riches.
MarketWatch spoke with Stafford to learn about her big win and her life after it, though she made it clear that she places limits on what she will address. Here’s some of what she had to say: She says she studied people’s methods in relation to visualization, but that these ideas were “imbued” into her since childhood — she cites her grandmother as a key influence. As she explains of what led to her win, “I took the challenge. I said, ‘I’m going to do my meditating. I’m going to do my visualizing. And I’m going to see myself in this particular place.’ I did that [starting around 2004]…and so by 2007, it happened.
What happened in the immediate aftermath? Stafford and her family opted to take a lump-sum payment of $67 million, according to a report in the Los Angeles Times. She says they went to a California lottery office to claim the prize — and they had some family members who worked in the security business accompany them for safety’s sake. “It’s just about making sure that your ticket is secure and you get it over to them,” she recalls.
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