World's biggest lottery winner is spreading the wealth to his family
By Kate Northrop
Sources close to Edwin Castro, the winner of the world's largest lottery jackpot, have revealed that he's been generously sharing his prize money with his family, who are also involved managing his finances.
The Altadena Japanese-inspired mansion Edwin Castros scooped up for $4 million earlier this year was actually purchased for his parents, according to the New York Post.
It isn't Castro who's moved into the contemporary retreat, rather it's a new pad for his parents, who had previously lived just a few miles away from the new luxurious property. It's also a short drive away from the Mobil gas station where the 31-year-old bought his life-changing Powerball ticket worth over $2 billion.
Thanks to his incredible luck, Castro's father, also named Edwin, and mother, Frances, have access to unobstructed views of the San Gabriel Mountains from the comfort of the five-bedroom, four bathroom midcentury ranch-style house, complete with a small pond and a saltwater swimming pool.
Castro graduated as a trained architect from Woodbury University in Burbank — it might not come as a surprise if he appreciated the Japanese-Palm Springs-inspired home and its incorporation of nature in the overall design.
The Powerball winner had purchased a $25.5 million Hollywood Hills mansion less than a month before buying this Altadena property. While the Hollywood Hills house is nestled in a ritzy and celebrity-ridden neighborhood, his parents will enjoy a more relaxed vibe away from the hustle and bustle of city life. It's also conveniently a short drive away from multiple shopping and dining destinations and desirable hiking trails.
A childhood friend of Castro told The Post that Edwin Sr. and Frances were "very present parents" who took good care of both their sons and brought them to football practices and boy scout meetings.
Meanwhile, Castro has reportedly been working closely with his younger brother, Jesse, 27, to manage his sudden wealth. Castro had taken the $997.6 million lump sum when he claimed his prize last year.
"They are a team and they're very grounded," an unidentified source told The Post. "They're not into partying. They're not out in clubs otherwise everybody would see them."
Jesse works as a banker. Given the scrutiny surrounding self-proclaimed lottery lawyers, finding a financial advisor must not have been too difficult of a decision for Castro. If there's one thing that the historic winner is looking to avoid, it's unnecessary conflict and attention.
"The only pictures that they have are of [Castro] coming out of his lawyer's [office] or the bank," the anonymous source continued. "That's who [he and his brother] are. They are just normal people."
Sources also told The Post that he is still getting used to notoriety that comes with being publicly proclaimed as the world's biggest lottery winner, as he's already been targeted by scammers. He's also reportedly made sizeable donations to multiple local charities.
While he is wary of flaunting his wealth in public, he has a penchant for sports cars. He's been spotted driving around Los Angeles in a $200,000 Porsche 911, but the car most near and dear to him is the vintage green 1970's Porsche 911 SC that was passed to him as a family heirloom.
The same childhood friend that commented on Castro's parents also said he's always been "civic-minded" and volunteered often as an Eagle Scout.
"I'm sure there are a lot of people who are jealous of him, but it couldn't have happened to a nicer guy," the friend told The Post.
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A wise man once said, "Blessed is the child of wise parents."
Congrats to the Castros, as they are an example of that.
1 year later and he is still being followed, written about and photographed.....No thanks, I will opt out of that ceremony.
I'll rather stay out of public eyes. That's so not smart.
well as long as hes having fun & assumedly getting good advice from his brother
I'm happy for him and he does seem a bit more grounded than most previous lottery louses
Rumor has it that on Halloween Edwin gave the trick or treaters Paydays and 100 Grand candy bars.
Well, I would hope he wouldn't be cheap and hand out penny candy!
Are you sure that's not an AI generation of a chubby Fidel Castro? Add a cigar and subtract 70 pounds, and you have a spittin' image of Fidel.
It seems commendable that he's taking care of his parents and his Brother seems to have a good head on his shoulders.
Hope he has some kind of security detail; way too many nutcases out there who would steal or kill him in a NY minute. He might as well post his addresses.
Not thinking of him but his jackpot walking the dog in cold ass KY @ 0500. Said to myself had it been me my group would get $2 million each vs the "normal" $1 million. Luckily KY will cut separate checks to each member of group play.
Easy come easy go.
It's best to win in a state where you can stay anonymous.
Yes, especially there's speculation he stole the ticket. It's dangerous because you don't know people intention.
I am not certain how much financial expertise his 27 year old banker brother has. Hope he was not just a teller.
His parents are living in my dream home.
Edwin is definitely enjoying too much of that rich food. I would want to stay as healthy as possible.
the year 2036: lottery post update #78329483 on edwin castro reveals he has purchased custom countertops.
ROFL....nice touch
He's not a celebrity. What talent does he have? He's not even a philanthropy. He's never in the news for charity. Damm why God? Why can't people with good heart win
Real philanthropists don't do it for name recognition ... They do it anonymously.
Maybe that's how Edwin Castro operates?!
Got one PB ticket w/ pp today instead of my allotted two tickets and waddayano hit three numbers ... 3 8 41 = $14. Too bad for me the powerplay was 2!
Maybe I'm onto something here? Still .. if there is no winner I'll probably go for two tickets for Saturdays drawing seeing how I netted $11 tonight.
LOL, Enjoy the Ride Edwin ( and the counter tops.)
He doesn't have a choice as California (unlike most states) won't allow winners to claim anonymously or via a trust. This is a disaster waiting to happen. Hopefully not.
Jack, I will have to respectfully have to disagree with you on this one. He obviously has a good heart to purchase this expensive home for his parents. He has his brother involved with finances(something I would never do) His alleged donations to local charities signals his willingness to give and help, as the article states.....Perhaps the young man has started a private company that gives to the needy. Maybe he has already donated to the Make A wish Foundation, Shriners Hospital for Children, Ronald McDonald House, Wounded Warriors, Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, Am. Heart Association. They don't put out a list of who's donated and how much. Whatever the mans spends his money on is nobody else's business, including all on this site.
Ok you have a point. But mostly most big winner's started lavish like this and decade later you read a different stories about how they lost it all. Easy come easy go. I'm not wishing him bad , but the way his goin, I can see it. The lottery is not something you earn . It's plain luck.
California has had lots of big jackpot winners and with the exception of Castro they basically went off the radar. (Gil Cisneros is another exception, but he was in politics for a while.) It's valid to ask why Edwin Castro has an article about him in the NY Post and Daily Mail at least once of month. The NY Post just published yet another filler article about him going on a trip to Fiji complete with pictures. Ok, good for him? Counter tops indeed, lol.
It's never wise to stay in the spotlight after a big lottery win. Like I said, there's speculation he stole the winning ticket which means he has enemy. This is a weird world and you never know people intention. Smart winners enjoy their wealth secretly. Just saying
the man who claimed castro stole his ticket was dumped by his lawyers and is now charged with filing a false police report. not to mention the ca lottery said they had castro on video buying the ticket at the correct time. it's safe to say that castro did not steal anybody's ticket, and people who keep pushing this stolen ticket conspiracy are nuttier than the hypothetical love child of wander73 and stat$talker.
Castro's lotto winnings could pay for two months salary of every working person in 2023 Cuba. Doctors included.
That's funny I didn't know the figures but I was thinking like you .... on what his winnings could provide fort Cubans.
Now, I'm not saying he owes anybody anything or the like .... I was merely wondering what $2 billion could do for every cuban.
I've concluded from this thread that many lotto players are, on average, overweight, and can't handle fat jokes.
Did you bother to read the entire story? Like, "He's also reportedly made sizeable donations to multiple local charities." Or that he's an Eagle Scout? Do you know how hard it is to do that? You don't become an ES while sitting on your couch avoiding people. " So, idk what you are talking about and neither do you.
??? The irony, as I was one.
If you can read and have average IQ in youth, you can become one. Order of the Arrow, blah blah blah. Been there. Done that. Not a big deal at all.
The BSA program is primarily indoctrination to blindly follow orders, salute, and wear a uniform, like in the military. It misleads youth into thinking disastrous, hierarchical, coercive central control structures are a good way to organize society. Obedience to crappy States is what they teach.
The BSA program is indoctrination and propaganda advocated by authoritarian militarists.
I read that the BSA is spreading the woke virus now. And I read every now and then about Scout "leaders" sexually abusing children.
Individual liberty based on universal ethics is what allows a society and culture to flourish. Coercive centralized control bureaucracies are what lead a society to their doom.