More than 70,000 other Powerball tickets sold in California also won prizes ranging from $4 to $40,000, the lottery said.

Castro struck gold when he won more than $2billion in 2022, making him the sole winner of the largest Powerball lottery in U.S. history. He opted for a lump-sum payout of $998million, which ended up being around $628million after taxes, which he's used on sports cars and real estate.

The winner of the largest Powerball jackpot in US history was spotted cruising Los Angeles in a vintage VW minibus that would make the Flower Children proud. Edwin Castro, who won the historic $2.04 billion prize back in 2022,

Christmas Eve win in Arkansas nearly dethroned Edwin Castro of California, who won $2.04 billion Powerball in 2022. Did anyone win Jan. 17, 2026, draw?

A Powerball ticket sold in California fell just one number short of winning the $126 million jackpot, lottery officials said. Instead, the lucky ticket won $812,200. The ticket matched five winning numbers but not the Powerball in the drawing Saturday, Jan ...