richard lustig is the winner of an incredible 7 lottery grand prizes. his advice for a jackpot winner? s/richard lustig/7-time lottery winner don't go crazy with it i don't care how much you win you could burn through it all >> and sam said it earlier, if tonight, the jackpot could dollars... mark's in now with sports - it's the final day of the c- n-o-s classic. (mark) by the end of the day, the tyson will have hosted 17 games in three days. two of the games today were on the college side, as the briar cliff men and women, both nationall ranked, were taking on hastings. we've got the highlights coming up next. plus, the iowa state men look to defend the home court against if you need evidence of that, look no further than wednesday, when iowa state needed all 40 minutes to beat texas tech, a team that was picked to finish last in the conference. baylor made the trip to hilton coliseum this afternoon. the bears just fell out of the top-25 after getting waxed by kansas last weekend. first half - iowa state looks like they're going to run away with it - a

. >> one quote is richard lustig is a get rich quick hack. >> are you going to listen to them? >> drive in style. >> or listen to me who's won seven times. >> what about the mystics who say winning numbers are all in your head literally. >> you thought you'd win. >> i knew i would wing. >> she meditated her way to $112 million. handbags, bentleys, but didn't visualize how to save it and before you dive into the deep end of the pool -- >> i have brought with me $3,30. we are buying 1515 tickets. whoa! that's insane. >> our "20/20" cameras are there. neighborhood pools, it's not just for the office anymore. it's just getting started. ways to improve your odds for that winning streak. >> you've got numbers that are talking to you, get to the store and buy your ticket. >> all: powerball. vargas. >> and i'm david muir. the experts have a name for it, a sudden wealth event. >> very. >> if anything qualifies it's this week's powerball frenzy, the jackpot, $1.6 billion. the biggest in history. tickets. >> and if you didn't win, there might be one silver lining. because of what often co

one quote is, "richard lustig is a get-rich-quick hack with no lottery." how do you respond to that? >> if they've never won even one time, are you gonna listen to them or are you gonna listen to me, who's won seven times? >> reporter: maybe you're just really, really lucky. >> oh, come on. people who say that, how can anybody seriously believe that i won seven times just because i'm lucky? >> reporter: lustig has played the lottery every single day for more than 20 years, which begs the question. so how much money do you think you've spent on lottery tickets? >> i have no way of knowing. >> reporter: are you breaking are you sure you've made money? >> i'm ahead. i'm ahead. >> reporter: how far ahead? >> i don't know how far ahead. believe me. >> reporter: why are you sure you are then? >> because i'm not digging into my pocket. i'm doing something that no one has ever done before. >> that's billion with a "b." >> reporter: then how come you haven't won the big lottery? >> i hope you have your tickets. good luck. >> it just has not been my turn yet, i gues

but 7 time lotto winner richard lustig said that's not the way he made his millions. >> that's the worst thing in the world you can do, is buy quick picks. >> reporter: play often and consistently, playing the same numbers all the time to increase your odds. >> every time you keep playing and you keep losing, you keep getting closer to having a better chance of winning. >> reporter: he says that's how he's won several jackpots. >>> still ahead at 11:00, cars that can't pass inspection. so why are they still on the road? the new crackdown, and the clues police are looking for. a star breaks her silence. janet jackson addresses rumors of throat cancer. >> i'm sending you a link. did you open the link? no i didn't open the link. i've got a lot of links. >> jerry seinfeld reveals his cyber pet peeves to stephen colbert. >> people are doing it, rewiring their brains to be better than ever before. could it work for you? train your brain happy. >>> a mother's rage outside a bronx courtroom, where her son received the maximum sentence for shooting death of a toddler in 2006. convicting in the sh

richard lustig is a winner of an incredible seven prizes. >> don't go crazy with it. i don't care how much you win, you could burn through it all. >> sage advice right there. there are many cases of people who have been smart with their money. there are other people who just can't resist that temptation to spend and spend very quickly. so that can leave you with a lot of regrets. i suppose we should just be very grateful for what we have here at oregon diner in south philly, talked to the entire staff. they had a huge pool from all three shifts. none of them won. and the people here at the diner, a little bit quiet, so none of them won either. they have plans for the future. one person here we spoke with would love to buy the eagle, another would love to help mayor kenney to eradicate homelessness. maybe the next powerball jackpot. we'll see if there's a winner in new jersey, or delaware. >> lottery officials saying it could be a few hours whether we know if there are any big, big winners. let's go to sheena parveen. another cold night ahead. >> yeah, jim, another col

most people buy quick picks and let the computer choose their numbers but richard lustig says that's not the way he's mademillions in the lottery. he's a seven time grand prize winner and lustig contends you need to treat the lottery like a job and he says playoff and consistently using the same numbers to boost your odds. >> every time you keep playing and you keep losing, you keep getting closer to having a better chance of winning. >> but powerball officials say about 70% of past winners use quick picks so you have two schools of thought right there. >> well we use quick picks to win our big prize. >> and we were one number away as a team our entire morning team 22 people worth we were one number away from $1 million. so instead we settle for 104 and we're rolling it into this weekends jackpot. we're letting it ride. >> letting it ride mary. >>> still ahead the plan to save commuters money on the new york state through way. >>> plus we'll show you'll the new technology quickly catching illegal parked cars in a lirr train station. >>> you've heard the horror stories now new jersey u

and people are desperately looking for advice from the experts, like seven-time lotto winner richard lustig, a man who struck it so big in the lotto, he can fulfill his lifelong dream of continuing to play the lotto. >> the question they ask is, "what can i do? what can i do to give myself a better chance of winning?" question i'm asking! >> this is going to sound bad, but this is the only answer-- buy as many tickets as you can afford. >> stephen: "buy as many as you can afford." okay, got it. sound advice. you've got to be in it to win it, but you have to budget for the essentials-- food, rent, scratchers, the ponies, camel straights. now, some might say there's no way to game a completely random system and that you're far better off saving or investing your money. those people are called suckers. ( laughter ) they're taking themselves out of the game, and leaving all their daughters' lucky birthdays for you to play. so while i'm going to clearly win this one, here are some "late show" powerball tips. and keep in mind that the tip is the most sensitive part of the powerball. ( laughter )

. >> reporter: richard lustig is a lottery expert and is here to enrich our lives with a little bit of knowledge, he's going to drop about the lottery. thanks for being here. i want to start with the odds. what are the odds of any one person winning this powerball? >> the odds of winning powerball are 1 in 292 million. >> so you are telling me there's a chance? >> well, there's a chance, but, boy, it is pretty scarce. >> what do you do? how do you increase those odds and make them better. >> first of all, don't buy quick picks, number one and everybody says, what do you mean? i always buy quick picks? and i answer is, have you won yet? you know, and, they come back people say that more people have won with quick picks than those who picked their own numbers and that is true. more people have won with quick picks than those who picked their own numbers but what they don't tell you is, millions and millions and millions of people have lost buying quick picks numbers. check. what else. >> all right, next thing is, tonight you will play your own numbers. so you pick your own numbers, and n

richard lustig has won the florida lottery seven times over. >> i live in orlando, florida, which is the lightning capital of the world, and yet i haven't been struck by lightning yet but i've won seven lottery game grand prizes. you figure it out. >> let's face it, the jackpot is too big to ignore. i've just announced this on my facebook page. i've started my own eyewitness news power ball pool. i'm collecting five sets from we're going to buy one power ball ticket. follow the page the next 24 hours. more pictures to come, and who knows, maybe we'll win. we probably won't win. diana sade, there's room for you. >> get a penny,. >> a nickel rather. >> thank you. do we need to have a contract since you gave me the nickel. >> this is complicated now. >> n. j., this could be too difficult. [ laughter ] >> okay. n. j., thank you. maybe we should have that guys lustig pick out our numbers. you can see the historic drawing tomorrow night here on channel 7 right before eyewitness news at 11. >>> an mta worker goes above and beyond. >> next hear from him about helping a woman on the tracks an

. >> reporter: people are looking for advice like seven time lottery winner, richard lustig. >> buy asy tickets, as you can afford. >> buy as many tickets as you can afford. >> okay, got it. sound advice. the key to that statement is as you can afford, stay in your budget. >> our jack the pot insider the world's only seven time grand prize winner, with this advice for masses who bought an estimated 370,000 tickets a minute. >> for people who are fortunate enough to win, a huge jackpot, there are three things i tell them to do. number one, pay off all your bills first before you do anything. make yourself completely debt free. number two find yourself a good financial advisor and accountant. number three new you go buy the the talking cars. >> shark tank billion air mark cuban gives us an insight what rich people problems to expect. >> you have a lot more best friend. you get a lot more attractive. you have a lot more people asking you out. don't change your lifestyle. pay off your bills and just get used to it first. >> reporter: to save more money, more problems, that is one problem,

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