Global Courant 2023-04-18 23:59:50
On November 8, 2022, Edwin Castro became a millionaire by winning $2.04 billion in a Powerball draw.
Castro won the largest prize in lottery history by purchasing the winning Powerball ticket at a gas station located in Altadena.
Initially, Edwin Castro preferred not to reveal his name to stay away from the spotlight that he would get by becoming a millionaire overnight.
However, as time went by, more data began to emerge about the historic Powerball winner and the way he lived prior to winning $2.04 billion.
After revealing his identity, Edwin Castro began to hint at his new life as a millionaire by buying a luxurious mansion in the Hollywood Hills valued at more than $25 million.
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The acquisition of this million-dollar property made Castro break another record by becoming the buyer with the most expensive investment of the year in the Hollywood Hills, an exclusive town in Los Angeles.
The SoCal man who won the biggest lottery jackpot in US history is moving on up to a deluxe pad in the sky. Edwin Castro’s first big purchase is a posh $25 million dollar Hollywood Hills hideout. A look inside his mega-mansion of him. Tonight at 11 from ABC7 pic.twitter.com/XE2QQTY0ox
— ABC7 Eyewitness News (@ABC7) March 8, 2023
Where is Edwin Castro on the list of the richest people in the world?
According to an investigation by the newspaper La Vanguardia, Edwin Castro would be among the people with the most money on the planet, taking into account the latest list published by Forbes.
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The historic winner of the highest lottery prize, with his winnings of US$2.04 billion, would occupy the 1,292 place on this prestigious list of the richest people in the world.
“I am surprised and ecstatic”: A Hispanic wins the 2 billion dollars of the Powerball.
Identified as Edwin Castro, this lucky player is the winner of the largest prize in American lottery history.
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– Univision News (@UniNoticias) February 15, 2023
