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A LOTTERY winner who bagged a $28million Powerball jackpot has shared his secret tip that he claims could help you take home millions.
Timothy Schultz was working at a gas station for a little over minimum wage to put himself through college when he sold himself a winning ticket in 1999.
“It was one of the most life-changing, crazy, surreal things that’s ever happened to me,” he told The U.S. Sun.
Timothy won $28million, changing his life forever and giving him a steep learning curve on how to navigate life with his newfound wealth.
“There were people that came out of the woodwork asking for money but I learned to deal with that,” he said.
“I think, overall, it’s been a mostly positive experience.”
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Now, Timothy runs a YouTube channel with more than 36,000 subscribers featuring interviews from his podcast, Lottery, Dreams and Fortune.
He meets and interviews other lottery winners to understand how their stories compare and differ from his.
“It’s kind of, like, at least with the lottery, it’s like a small club,” said Timothy.
“For me, that’s pretty fulfilling.”
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‘LIKE BEING STRUCK BY LIGHTNING”
Timothy gave his insight to whoever won the record-breaking $2.04billion Powerball jackpot in California on Tuesday.
A single ticket holder won the grand prize at Joe’s Service Center in Altadena, said lottery officials.
“It’s very, very exciting for whoever that person is and I hope they realize that they have the winning ticket and that their numbers match,” said Timothy.
“Whoever this person is, I can tell that they’re most likely in shock, and winning the lottery is like being struck by lightning.
“I can guarantee that their world has turned on its head.”
Timothy said the first thing a person should do after winning a lottery - especially one with this big of a jackpot - is secure their ticket.
“If their ticket is a physical paper is to secure their ticket and put it in a security deposit box,” he said.
“They should contact financial advisers and find someone that’s qualified to help you.”
Timothy said it’s important to retain those people before you claim the ticket as the average person may not have the knowledge or background to handle this kind of money.
“You absolutely need to have your ducks in a row before you claim your ticket.”
Timothy said it’s also important to see if your state allows lottery winners to remain anonymous.
In the US, only 11 states allow lottery winners to maintain their anonymity: Arizona, Delaware, Georgia, Kansas, Maryland, New Jersey, North Dakota, Ohio, South Carolina, Virginia, and Texas.
Because the unknown winner lives in California, Timothy said they’ll have to figure out what to do when coming forward to claim their prize.
“The exhilaration of winning the lottery is through the roof. It’s one of the craziest, most surreal things that I have ever experienced,” said Timothy.
“The euphoria is really insane. It felt like a dream that I couldn’t wake up from.
“But it doesn’t last forever. Eventually, you come back to a new normal and I think that emotionally, of course, they’re gonna be on cloud nine but that excitement wears down a little bit.”
Timothy said that while money can help alleviate financial stress and provide happiness in that sense, “when it comes to who you are as a person, if you were extremely unhappy before you won the lottery, you might be extremely unhappy after.
“Or if you were extremely happy before it might make you even happier.
“One thing I found in common with most lottery winners is that it tends to magnify personalities. It can make you a larger version of yourself.”
‘MANIFESTING’
A common question Timothy gets asked is how to increase your odds of winning the lottery.
He explained that months before his big win in 1999, he had a vivid dream of winning the lottery.
“It convinced me that this was going to happen,” he said.
In his interviews with other lottery winners, Timothy said he’s heard plenty of stories of people manifesting their wins.
“I interviewed one woman who won $112million from Mega Millions and she believed she manifested the win,” he said.
Timothy added that the woman only played the lottery for that specific amount and believed that she was going to win and finally did it.
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“Some people think that’s just a coincidence but others believe that there’s more to it. I don’t have the secret recipe to win the lottery, if I did I’d be the most popular person in the world.
“But I do believe that some people are capable of manifesting those huge wins.”
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