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VOICE OVER: Tom Aglio Some people punch in every day for decades — and others just get incredibly lucky. Join us as we count down ordinary folks who went from struggling to swimming in cash virtually overnight! Our picks range from Powerball jackpot winners to accidental art collectors and one very clever website idea. Which windfall would you want most? Let us know in the comments below! Our countdown includes Mavis Wanczyk, who quit her hospital job the day after winning a $758 million Powerball jackpot, Neal Wanless, a struggling South Dakota rancher who walked away with $89 million, Terry Herbert, the amateur metal detectorist who unearthed the priceless Staffordshire Hoard, Josh Wardle, who sold Wordle to The New York Times for seven figures, Alex Tew, who sold a million pixels for a million dollars, and an anonymous French woman who discovered a $26 million medieval masterpiece hanging above her hotplate — and more incredible stories of everyday people who struck it unimaginably rich! read more...