{"id":80877,"date":"2023-03-11T11:31:16","date_gmt":"2023-03-11T11:31:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2023\/03\/11\/2-04b-powerball-winner-edwin-castro-was-boy-scout-athlete-in-high-school\/"},"modified":"2023-03-11T11:31:16","modified_gmt":"2023-03-11T11:31:16","slug":"2-04b-powerball-winner-edwin-castro-was-boy-scout-athlete-in-high-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2023\/03\/11\/2-04b-powerball-winner-edwin-castro-was-boy-scout-athlete-in-high-school\/","title":{"rendered":"$2.04B Powerball Winner Edwin Castro Was Boy Scout, Athlete in High School"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<section id=\"cb-ab73df1dab2f23de37741c2015f26ba9\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default  canvas-block-is-first \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20230311_916044b43ae64ca4bfde6eb5926944f3\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:5670f5c7-d050-4f99-bd9d-da61d41e0147\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<p>                        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/91\/4by3\/2023\/03\/11\/916044b43ae64ca4bfde6eb5926944f3_md.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Edwin Castro\"\/>\n                <\/div>\n<p>                                  <\/a>\n      <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-ab73df1dab2f23de37741c2015f26ba9--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-cb0d4ade5d4c0d0e6ae8079e1a9d821b\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p><strong>Edwin Castro<\/strong>, the current winner of the $2.04 billion Powerball prize, grew up in Los Angeles and was as soon as a distinguished Boy Scout and highschool athlete &#8230; TMZ has discovered.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-cb0d4ade5d4c0d0e6ae8079e1a9d821b--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-1661ccc2f195aa233bfc07e40ea2fe93\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20230311_507d1464b5fe4e5ca14f01d875f7a69f\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:5670f5c7-d050-4f99-bd9d-da61d41e0147\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<p>                        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/50\/4by3\/2023\/03\/11\/507d1464b5fe4e5ca14f01d875f7a69f_md.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Edwin Castro\"\/>\n                <\/div>\n<p>                                  <\/a>\n      <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-1661ccc2f195aa233bfc07e40ea2fe93--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-bb4c7624413bbfbda9b7710ccb8a4e85\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Our sources inform us 30-year-old Edwin rose all the best way to Eagle Scout throughout his time within the scouts, and he attended Crescenta Valley High School in La Crescenta, CA &#8230; not removed from Joe&#8217;s Service Center in Altadena, the place he bought the profitable lottery ticket.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-bb4c7624413bbfbda9b7710ccb8a4e85--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-4ab47031b582ef4722372f2e8d2dbd7e\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20230311_c13a7ebed8924061b5baa5f967c25f18\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:5670f5c7-d050-4f99-bd9d-da61d41e0147\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<p>                        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/c1\/4by3\/2023\/03\/11\/c13a7ebed8924061b5baa5f967c25f18_md.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Edwin Castro\"\/>\n                <\/div>\n<p>                                  <\/a>\n      <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-4ab47031b582ef4722372f2e8d2dbd7e--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-503edd44632b3bd33af7a4437318aafe\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>In addition to being a Boy Scout, we&#8217;re informed Edwin performed soccer and baseball in highschool &#8230; our sources say he grew up in a &#8220;healthful household&#8221; that incessantly took fishing journeys.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-503edd44632b3bd33af7a4437318aafe--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-4f41c1b447fd5bc6b2b9f327fd6b5bf0\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_png_20230223_f550940848a44cd385cab2e872dc885b\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:5670f5c7-d050-4f99-bd9d-da61d41e0147\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<p>                        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/f5\/4by3\/2023\/02\/23\/f550940848a44cd385cab2e872dc885b_md.png\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Joe's Service Center powerball\"\/>\n                <\/div>\n<p>                  <\/a>\n      <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-4f41c1b447fd5bc6b2b9f327fd6b5bf0--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-4666934895d13050206776d90851f434\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Our sources say Edwin, who studied structure at Woodbury University in Burbank, is a quiet man with a sort coronary heart.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-4666934895d13050206776d90851f434--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-c80030ac0381917e7abb0d5b014ce068\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-gallery-block canvas-gallery-block-permalink canvas-gallery-block--default  \">\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-c80030ac0381917e7abb0d5b014ce068--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-aba1f0f812b8870824a038b98036a318\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Since putting it wealthy, Edwin&#8217;s already used a few of his new cash <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2023\/03\/07\/powerball-winner-hollywood-hills-home-california-lottery-ticket\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>to purchase<\/strong><\/a> a swanky $25.5 million pad within the Hollywood Hills &#8230; one month after claiming his lump sum cost of $997,600,000 earlier than taxes.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-aba1f0f812b8870824a038b98036a318--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-bf487e38544b7b8b602779a777e18bcf\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20230308_679836f6e8aa416f927db982c873cb1b\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:5670f5c7-d050-4f99-bd9d-da61d41e0147\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<p>                        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/67\/4by3\/2023\/03\/08\/679836f6e8aa416f927db982c873cb1b_md.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"\"\/>\n                <\/div>\n<p>                  <\/a>\n      <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-bf487e38544b7b8b602779a777e18bcf--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-6d3d6d551d203b89327011ecf2ecc164\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Edwin&#8217;s new crib has all of the bells and whistles, together with a house fitness center, storage parking for seven vehicles and a motor courtroom &#8230; and we&#8217;re informed he has a ardour for traditional vehicles and health.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-6d3d6d551d203b89327011ecf2ecc164--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-6c86260b67cb6e20960cd0ac8db6a01b\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-youtube-video-block canvas-youtube-video-block-permalink canvas-youtube-video-block--default  \">\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-6c86260b67cb6e20960cd0ac8db6a01b--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-9049c909ea0904fe3e0189afa075ef7f\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>As we reported, Edwin <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2023\/02\/23\/powerball-winner-california-lottery-sued-stolen-ticket\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>was being sued<\/strong><\/a> by a person who claimed the profitable lotto ticket was truly stolen, claiming Edwin was concerned within the alleged theft &#8230; however the lottery says they&#8217;ve the utmost confidence Edwin&#8217;s the rightful winner.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-9049c909ea0904fe3e0189afa075ef7f--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-6c2780a11e2d8322f4fdc630e7f340a4\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>One supply informed us, &#8220;Winning the lotto could not have occurred to a greater man.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-6c2780a11e2d8322f4fdc630e7f340a4--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-4275f68d6dce6b7cf7e244c16764f994\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  canvas-block-is-last \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Good luck on the market, Edwin.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-4275f68d6dce6b7cf7e244c16764f994--><\/p><\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Edwin Castro, the current winner of the $2.04 billion Powerball prize, grew up in Los Angeles and was as soon as a distinguished Boy Scout and highschool athlete &#8230; 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Our sources inform us 30-year-old Edwin rose all the best way to Eagle Scout throughout his time within the scouts, and he [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":80879,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-80877","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80877","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=80877"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80877\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/80879"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80877"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=80877"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80877"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}