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California reveals identity of billion-dollar lottery winner [Video]

Last week, a group came forward to claim the $1.765 billion prize they won in October 2023.

Yanira Alvarez bought the winning Powerball ticket at Las Palmitas Mini Market in Los Angeles last July. 

Her win ended a 39-draw winless streak for Powerball. It was also the first of back-to-back billion-dollar winners in California. Last week, a group represented by Theodorus Struyck came forward to claim the $1.765 billion prize they won in October 2023. Their winning ticket was purchased in the small Kern County mountain town of Frazier Park.

Both winners respectfully declined to comment, the state lottery said. The U.S. lottery record was set by a $2.04 billion Powerball jackpot won in California in 2022. California lottery players have won, or co-won, the top four-largest jackpots in Powerball history dating back to 2016. 

Saturday’s Powerball jackpot is still shy of $1 billion, and has reached an estimated $935 million. Another draw Saturday without a win could put Monday’s …

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