Missouri Powerball winner says historic $893M win will not change his life-style: ‘I am a homebody’
The winner of Missouri’s largest lottery jackpot mentioned that earlier than claiming the mind-blowing payday, it brought on the “greatest downside” he’s ever had in his life, including that it received’t change his modest life-style.
The Missouri Lottery confirmed its richest lottery champ on Monday after the $1.787 billion Powerball winner picked the fortunate ticket at a QuikTrip in St. Louis for the record-shattering Sept. 6 drawing.
Whereas claiming his prize cash on the Lottery headquarters in Jefferson Metropolis, he admitted that profitable the life-changing quantity nonetheless hasn’t sunk in.
“I’m a millionaire, a multi-millionaire, and I’m doing laundry final evening…” the winner, who was not recognized since Missouri has a regulation that enables anonymity to lottery winners, mentioned.
Regardless of his pleasure about hitting the jackpot, the winner revealed that it had led to some sleepless nights.
“It’s the perfect downside I’ve ever had,” he mentioned.
Turning to future plans, the winner mentioned that he and his spouse intend to concentrate on themselves for the primary yr.
“I’m going to simply do me for a yr,” the winner mentioned.
The Present-Me State winner shared that the cash will assist lighten his spouse’s workload and provides them extra cherished time collectively.
As for his personal plans, he’s not desirous to dramatically change his life-style regardless of the newfound fortune.
“I’m like a homebody. The proper day is sitting at residence doing what I do – stress-free,” he instructed the outlet.
Nevertheless, he joked that his spouse might need different concepts than letting him chill out at residence all day.
“She’s going to pull me out of city now,” he mentioned.
Despite the fact that he should break up the record-breaking jackpot with one other fortunate participant in Texas, his share — value $893.5 million — nonetheless secures him the biggest lottery prize ever received in Missouri.
“It was a record-setting evening for the Missouri Lottery, with the $893.5 million prize rating as the best jackpot prize received in Missouri so far,” Missouri Lottery Government Director Lester Elder mentioned.
“It exceeds the earlier file of $293.7 million from a Powerball drawing held in November 2012.”
The winner has chosen the one-time cost of about $410.3 million.
The chances of profitable a prize are 1 in 24.9 million, whereas the chances of profitable the jackpot are 1 in 292.2 million, in response to Powerball.
Together with the latest Powerball win, there have been 4 profitable jackpots in 2025.
The newest winner was a ticketholder who scored a $204.5 million payday in California on Might 31.
Earlier this yr, three different jackpots have been hit: a $167 million winner in Kentucky on April 26, a $526.5 million ticket in California on March 29, and a $328.5 million winner in Oregon on January 18.
Californian Edwin Castro nonetheless holds the title for the biggest Powerball win in historical past, profitable the $2.04 billion pool on Nov. 7, 2022. He selected the $997.6 million payout.
Castro’s win is adopted by a $1.765 billion prize break up amongst winners in California, Florida, and Tennessee in October 2023. One other main jackpot was a $1.586 billion prize shared by three states in January 2016.
Extra lately, a single ticket in Oregon claimed $1.326 billion in April 2024, whereas California produced one other massive winner with a $1.08 billion prize in July 2023.
The remainder of the highest 10 jackpots have been: $842.4 million in Michigan (2024), $768.4 million in Wisconsin (2019), $758.7 million in Massachusetts (2017), $754.6 million in Washington (2023), and $731.1 million in Maryland (2021), in response to Powerball.
