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Golden State has the golden ticket.
The California Lottery has announced that a person has come forward claiming a huge $1.765 billion jackpot win in October, the second-largest jackpot prize in history.
Theodorus Struck was named representative of a group of winners who purchased their winning tickets at a store in Frazier Park in Kern County prior to the Oct. 11 drawing. The mountain town has a population of approximately 3,000 people.
A billboard ahead of the lottery to be held on October 11th in Los Angeles. (Frederick J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images/Getty Images)
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It’s unclear how many people are in the group, but locals say Struck is a 65-year-old man who lives just 500 meters from his family’s Midway Market store.
“He loved his grandchildren,” Struck’s neighbor Mary Dreyer told KGET. “He’s a really fun guy to be around. Yesterday I noticed he was holding up a no trespassing sign.”
Another neighbor, Rick Kotnik, told the magazine that he and Struck often talk at length about fishing, but he has no idea where his neighbor is now.
“If I had known, I wouldn’t have told you,” Kotnik told KGET with a laugh.
Under state law, winners’ names and store names must be made public. Other states, such as Arizona, Georgia and New Jersey, allow large lottery winners to remain anonymous.
Midway Market received a $1 million bonus check for selling the lucky ticket.
Outside Midway Market where tickets were sold. (Google Maps)
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Co-owner Nidal “Andy” Khalil said he initially didn’t believe the store was selling winning tickets.
“I didn’t believe it at first, but then I started getting calls and texts from friends and realized it was true,” Khalil previously told FOX 11.
The win puts him second only to Edwin Castro’s $2.04 billion scoop in November 2022, also in California. Mr. Castro took home a lump sum of $997.6 million before taxes.
California Lottery players have won or co-won the top four largest jackpots in Powerball history dating back to 2016, all totaling more than $1 billion, according to the California Lottery. It is said to go up.
The October jackpot win was won in the 36th drawing of the Powerball series, which raised an additional $119.5 million for public schools, according to the California Lottery.
At a store in Miami, Florida, a sheet of paper for selecting Powerball numbers is on display. (Joe Radle/Getty Images/Getty Images)
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California Lottery Director Harjinder K. Shergill Chima said, “Announcing a big prize like this gives every player an opportunity to hope and dream that they might be the next winner.” Ta.
“But this is also an opportunity to shine a spotlight on our incredible mission to generate additional supplemental funding for public education in California. Our students of all ages. Our retail partners who sell these fun games, and our hard-working Lottery staff. This is an exciting day for us all!”
Meanwhile, the Mega Millions jackpot is now estimated at $875 million because no ticket matched the winning numbers in Friday’s drawing.
