The name of United States's Powerball jackpot winner, who won a whopping $2.04 billion has been disclosed.
California's Edwin Castro who won the jackpot in November 2022 wanted to stay out of spotlight, according to a report by The Guardian. However, officials have now revealed his identity but his other details such as occupation, age, address have been kept confidential in line with his demands.
After Castro reportedly refused to appear for a press conference, officials published his namewhile reading a statement on his behalf in an event. The statement read, “I am shocked and ecstatic to have won the Powerball drawing.”
Castro's winning ticket matched all five winning numbers and the Powerball number when he bought the ticket at a store in Los Angeles last year.
He collected the winning amount as lump sum of over $997.6m instead of choosing to collect the full prize in the form of annuity of over 29 years.
Castro is a former student of the California public school system, which receives charitable funds from the Powerball lottery. Castro said he was grateful that his win will help him contribute to the school system that once benefitted him.
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