quick nat sandra hayes sandra hayes was living on less than 26 thousand dollars a year as a st. louis social worker when she hit it big winning a $224 her coworkers in 2006 sot sandra hayes tbd 18:09:57 well when i really realized that i won the lottery, basically my attitude, i became, a little on the nervous side. the single mother of three decided to retire, pay off her debt, and put the rest into savings. sot sandra hayes 18:30:57 i live on a budget and i'm discipline hayes says she treats her family to nice vacations, but hasn't forgotten to pay it forward. sot sandra hayes 18:14:09 in my life, didn't have enough money to buy groceries, food pantry who would give me a month's worth of food // if i need a utility bill paid, they'd pay it. grateful for this ministry, after i won, i didn't forget about them, and she still i'll take my chance, does lightning strike twice. ((ad-lib)) high pressure takes a back seat in the forecast for southern nevada and a low control. this creates partly cloudy to mostly cloudy skies today with high temperatures in the mid and upper 50s. winds

quick nat sandra hayes sandra hayes was living on less than 26 thousand dollars a year as a st. louis social worker when she hit it big winning a $224 million powerball jackpot along her coworkers in 2006 sot sandra hayes tbd 18:09:57 well when i really realized that i won the lottery, basically my attitude, i became, a little on the nervous side. the single mother of three decided to retire, pay off her debt, and put the rest into savings. 18:30:57 i live on a budget and i'm discipline hayes says she treats her family to nice vacations, but hasn't forgotten to pay it forward. sot sandra hayes 18:14:09 in my life, didn't have enough money to buy groceries, food pantry who would give me a month's worth of food and she still splurges on the the occasional powerball ticket sot sandra hayes 18:25:55 do i still play it? yes. i'll take my chance, does lightning strike twice." elias: still to come on local 5 news midday... (weather) sam has the details in central iowa's most accurate "now, we are iowa's most accurate forecast with meteorologist sam schreier. certified by weatherrate th

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after sandra hayes split million prize with 12 co-workers and which lotto jackpot no one tells you about. >> i had people coming up to my job, sending fax my doorbell would ring, and it was people i don't know, so i had got to the point where i wasn't opening the door. >> winnersget out there and their names are released, it's literally the equivalent of throwing blood or chum in the water to a bunch of sharks. and everybody devours these folks. to chicago lawyer andrew stoltmann, 75% of lottery winners go broke thanks to shady financial planners looking to line their own pockets. >> recommending a more speculative investment, a vestment can pay a financial advisor 10 to 15 times more than, for example, recommending a government bond. >> reporter: stoltmann has represented what he calls six "lotto losers."when it came to investing, they put their jackpots in all the wrong places like what happened roughly 1,000 miles away in sunny florida.ey started doing a lottery in florida, all of us who had lived here our whole lives knew it was going to be just a recipe for disaster for some people.

after sandra hayes split $224 million prize with 12 co-workers she wrote a book about it. and which she describes the bonus that comes with a lotto jackpot no one tells you about. let's call it the vultures! >> i had people coming up to my job, sending faxes, asking for money. my doorbell would ring, and it was people i don't know, so i had got to the point where i wasn't opening the door. >> winners of the lottery get out there and their names are released, it's literally the equivalent of throwing blood or chum in the water to a bunch of sharks. and everybody devours these folks. >> reporter: according to chicago lawyer andrew stoltmann, 75% of lottery winners go broke within 5 years, often thanks to to line their own pockets. >> recommending a more riskier investment can pay a financial advisor 10 to 15 times more than, for example, recommending a government bond. >> reporter: stoltmann has represented what he calls six "lotto losers." unsophisticated when it came to investing, they put their jackpots in all the wrong places and lost practically everything. still, it co

sandra hayes was living on less than $26,000 a year a a st. louis social worker when she hit it big winning a $224 million powerball jackpot along with her co-workers in 2006. >> when i really realized that i won the lottery, i became a little nervous. >> reporter: the single mother of three decided to retire, pay >> i live on a budget and i'm disciplined. >> reporter: hayes says she treats her families to nice vacations but hasn't forgotten to pay it forward. >> there have been times in my life i did not have enough money to buy grocery, food pantry, i didn't forget about them. >> repter: and still splurges on the occasional powerball ticket. >> do i still play it? yes, i'm going to take my chancnce and see will lightning strike twice? >> it's hard to imagine someone going through this much money. we haven't given this numbe let me give you a little math. these three winners will end up splitting about 990 million in cash. the lump sum. after taxes forach of them, they're going to take home about $200 million. hopefully they don't burn throug