The winner can either receive the total amount of the $1.765 billion jackpot in payments split up over 29 years or take home a lump sum of a still-sizable $774.1 million.
The 2015 Powerball winner Marie Holmes is now begin sued by her ex-fiancé, Lamarr "Hot Sauce" McDow. After Holmes won a $188 million jackpot, she and McDow continuously made headlines for their tumultuous relationship, including tens of millions in bond money being paid by her to help bail him out of jail.
If you ever have the good fortune of winning a cash prize, don't become another example of "easy come, easy go." Here's how to avoid that fate.