Powerball is an American lottery game and is played by 45 states, The District of Colombia, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands coordinated by the Multi-State Lottery Association (MUSL). The California Lottery revealed that a man has won a lottery worth $2.04 billion ( ₹16,886 crores). As per the reports, Edwin Castro is the winner of this lottery. Powerball lottery winner Edwin Castro decided to take a $997.6 million (Rs 8,277 crore) payment after winning the lottery.
Powerball Lottery Winner
Edwin has won the highest lottery jackpot in the history of lottery games. Multi-State Lottery Association revealed that only one in 292.2 million people have a chance of winning the Powerball lottery. Edwin Castro’s name will be written in the history of Lottery games.
After the news circulated across the nation, the press and media went crazy to interview Edwin. However, he denied attending the interview as he doesn’t want to reveal his ID in front of everyone.
Source: MSN
He told a few things related to the lottery ticket like he bought a ticket for Powerball in Altadena, California, matching all six numbers from the game card.
The California Lottery Director Alva Johnson came in front and congratulated the lottery winner and he later said that “We respect the winner’s decision of not showing himself up publicly. However, we heartily congratulate the winner on achieving a historic win”. The officials read the statement from the winner that said he was “shocked and elevated” when he came to know about the news of winning a Powerball lottery.
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