The Powerball Winner came forward in South Carolina, but they are choosing to remain anonymous.  The anonymous powerball winner bought their ticket while running out for hot dog buns, and the winning powerball numbers have changed their life - now they are 400 million dollars richer!
Remaining anonymous might be the smart move for the powerball winner - having winning powerball numbers could bring all sorts of fairweather friends out of the woodwork.  Lottery winner tragedies are real as the lottery curse afflicts many who lose their money through mismanagement and find it puts a strain on their families. Hopefully the powerball winner will avoid these tragedies by remaining anonymous.
Radar Online describes past lottery winner tragedies that hopefully won't afflict the Powerball winner.  According to Radarl lottery winner William Post was a real lottery winner tragedy: "William Post won $16.2 million in the Pennsylvania Lottery in 1988. His ex-girlfriend sued him for half the winnings and won. Post's brother allegedly hired a hit man to kill him in hopes that he would inherit the winnings. Just a year after winning, Post had lost all of his money and was a a million dollars in debt. Post now lives on food stamps."
Evelyn Adams was also a lottery winner who lost it all, although with a jackpot of 400 million dollars the Powerball winner is unlikely to succumb to that fate.  According to Radar, despite winning the lottery twice, Evelyn Adams lives in a trailer park "Adams won a total of $5.4 million in winnings in 1985 and 1986. She blew all of her money on gambling in Atlantic City though and on elaborate shopping sprees. "Everybody wanted my money. Everybody had their hand out. I never learned one simple word in the English language - 'No.' I wish I had the chance to do it all over again. I'd be much smarter about it now," a forlorn Adams subsequently revealed."

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The curse of the lottery winner has even afflicted the most godly of men, including Texas Minister Billy Bob Harrell, who "won $31 million in the Texas lottery in 1997. Billy Bob bought a ranch, six mansions and new cars. Friends & family he hadn't heard from in years hounded him for money and he was unable to ever say no. Billy Bob and his wife divorced, he sunk into a deep depression and unable to cope with the stress from winning the lottery, he committed suicide."
The Powerball Winner now has 400 million dollars to spend thanks to those winning powerball numbers - hopefully they spend it wisely!