“Lottery Winner Edwin Castro Reveals his Luxurious Purchases After Winning $2.04 Billion Powerball Jackpot”

Probably the biggest lottery jackpot has been hit! Edwin Castro won the $2.04 billion Powerball jackpot in November last year. Converted, this corresponds to 1.8 billion euros.

The name of the winner became known in February. The California man felt “shocked and ecstatic” after winning. Now the lottery winner shows what he spends his newly won money on.

Lotto: The winner bought that first

To become a billionaire overnight? Not entirely true, not even in the case of Castro. Because lottery winners in the USA have to decide whether they want to have the winnings paid out all at once, but then with deduction of taxes, or in installments, but then the full amount.

With Castro, however, the installment payment would have taken more than 30 years. The jackpot cracker decided on the second variant and can look forward to 997.6 million dollars, 889 million euros. After the big win, Castro bought an old Porsche 911 worth around 225,000 euros, as “the sun” reported.

Lotto: New lifestyle requires new everyday life

Pictures show the winner driving his white convertible sports car through the streets of Altadena, a city in California. The Porsche 911 models came onto the market in 1964 and still fetch high prices today due to their limited number.

In addition to the luxury car, Castro also owns two properties in California. A nearly 23 million euro villa in the Hollywood Hills has five bedrooms and seven bathrooms, a games room, a wine cellar, a gym, an infinity pool and a spa.

Another home, valued at around $3.5 million, overlooks the San Gabriel Mountains just a few yards from the gas station where he bought his lottery ticket in Altadena. By the way: According to the Multi-State Lottery Association, the probability of winning the Powerball is 1 in 292.2 million.

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The former architecture student previously lived in a one-room house. His new lifestyle now includes 24-hour security – the jackpot winner has hired three bodyguards, according to The Sun. The name of the billion dollar jackpot winner was released in February as required by law.

>> Editor’s note <<

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