Springfield lottery winners give advice for Powerball hopefuls

As Powerball players across the country play their lucky numbers and wait for the largest lottery drawing in history Wednesday night, Clark County residents who have already won big prizes offered their advice.

Should an Ohioan strike it very, very rich, the most common tip was to keep it quiet.

“The first thing you do is get an attorney and a CPA,” said Cole Barker, of Springfield. “And you make sure you do a blind trust so no one knows that you’ve won.”

Barker is one of the luckiest lottery winners in Clark County. He’s claimed more than 65 prizes of $600 or more over the years, including a $2 million win in 2011.

He doesn’t play the lottery as much as he used to but has had recent wins of $10,000 and $5,500. He was also on Cash Explosion on Saturday and won $9,400.

But even someone as lucky as he’s been can’t imagine winning the estimated $1.4 billion that anyone who matches all five numbers and the Powerball will get.

“For that not to be hit. That’s pretty amazing,” he said of the Powerball streak.

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