The winner of the $2bn Powerball lottery jackpot has reportedly bought a $47m mansion in Los Angeles, California.

In February, Edwin Castro was first recognized because the sole recipient of the Powerball jackpot, after successful the cash in November 2022. While just a few particulars about Castro have been revealed all year long, stories have claimed that he’s put his cash in direction of a brand new buy: A home positioned in a residential neighbourhood of Los Angeles, Bel Air.

According to the Daily Mail, Castro has bought a compound for $47m from movie star realtor Mauricio Umansky. The property reportedly comes with seven bedrooms, 11 loos, and an unlimited infinity pool that overlooks town. Some different facilities within the house embody DJ turntables, a suspended glass walkway, and a champagne tasting room.

The publication additionally described the format of the house, with claims that the entrance door results in a big lobby with a “swimming pool-size koi pond” that’s surrounded by glass partitions. Meanwhile, the bedrooms reportedly include walk-in closets, a sitting space, and enormous bathtubs.

As the Daily Mail reported that the home was an important occasion house, it’s no shock that the place additionally comes with a bar space, glass-walled wine cellar, house theatre, and screening room.

This isn’t the primary luxurious house that Castro has purchased since successful the lottery. In March, actual property publication Dirt reported that he’d bought a mansion in a rich California suburb, Hollywood Hills. According to the outlet, Castro received a $5m discount off the 13,578sq-ft-home’s original asking price of $30m.

Similar to his new home in Bel Air, the Hollywood Hills house got here with a handful of luxurious facilities, together with 5 bedrooms, six loos, and two powder rooms. The three-story home additionally includes a predominant degree consisting of partitions of glass, which permit for a “seamless connection” to the landscaped yard, out of doors kitchen and infinity pool.

Weeks later, KTLA reported that Castro bought one other luxurious house for about $4m. The second buy was primarily based in Altadena, California, which is Castro’s hometown. The house got here with 5 loos and 5 bedrooms, one of which was getting used as a private theatre earlier than Castro had bought it, as famous by the actual property itemizing on Compass.

According to the actual property website, the deadline on the home was 9 March, solely days after Castro bought his home in Hollywood Hills.

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Castro selected to simply accept the award as a lump sum, which meant he walked away with $997.6m earlier than taxes after buying the lottery ticket at a fuel station in Altadena, California. After taxes, Castro is predicted to stroll away with round $629m, in keeping with Forbes.

Although not a lot is understood concerning the multi-millionaire, he’s reportedly in his early 30s. In February, he additionally revealed that he was raised in California and attended the state’s public colleges.

While he didn’t attend the press convention the place he was recognized because the winner, Castro shared his private info by way of a press release, in which he expressed his happiness that California public schools would also be benefitting from the lottery prize.

“As much as I am shocked and ecstatic to have won the Powerball drawing, the real winner is the California public school system,” he stated. “The mission of the California Lottery, which is to provide supplemental funding for California public education, both public schools and colleges, makes this a huge win for the state.”

He continued: “As someone who received the rewards of being educated in the California public education system, it’s gratifying to hear that as a result of my win, the California school system greatly benefits as well.”