How lotto winners can protect their fortune

CHICAGO (FOX 32 News) - An eye-popping and unprecedented Powerball jackpot whose rise to $1.6 billion became a national fascination will be split three ways.

The winners' identities remain a mystery, but they bought their tickets in Florida, Tennessee and a Los Angeles suburb where even lottery losers were celebrating Thursday that such heady riches were won in their modest city.

The next step for the big winners? Holding on to the money!

Attorney Andrew Stoltmann has represented half a dozen lottery winners who lost their money. He joined us LIVE on GDC to explain what the winners can do to protect their privacy.