CONGRATULATIONS! 🎈The mystery winner of the record-breaking $2.04 billion Powerball jackpot has been identified as Edwin Castro 💵💲
The sole winner of the record-breaking Powerball jackpot worth $2.04 billion was identified Tuesday during a press conference by lottery officials as Edwin Castro.
"As much as I am shocked and ecstatic to have won the Powerball drawing, the real winner is the California public school system. The mission of the California lottery, which is to provide supplemental funding for California public education both public schools and colleges, makes this a huge win for the state.
as a result of this win, as well as the record amount of funds raised for schools in the most recent fiscal year.The jackpot was the largest ever for Powerball and the largest in U.S. lottery history. Only four previous jackpots have ever topped $1 billion, but none of those are close to this prize, which started at $20 million back on Aug. 6 and over three winless months had grown ever more massive.
"I will share it with the family ... with my kids, my grandchildren," he said. "I have 11 grandchildren, and I have to share with them.""There's no one else who deserves it more than this man," he said. "He's worked hard his whole life. He deserves every bit of it."
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