Found the owner of a lottery prize in $ 528 million, hiding for six months

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Half a year after the record Powerball lottery jackpot of $ 1 586 400 000 was broken, the owner of the third lucky ticket finally showed up.

Marvin and May Acosta were officially announced the winners of July 19, writes Daily bulletin.

13 January it became known that the record jackpot was broken, it was divided among themselves by the owners of three winning tickets, each of which was to receive $ 528,8 million. When it became known that one of the winning tickets was sold in California at 7-Eleven, the store was filled with customers celebrating the victory, but there was no actual winner there.

The winners, who bought the ticket in Tennessee, showed up almost immediately, the winner from Florida was looking for a month, but the newly minted owners of a half-billion state from California were all silent.

It took Marvin and May Acosta 6 months to familiarize themselves with the rules for getting a win and to assemble a team of financial consultants, and only in July, the January winners turned to the lottery organizers to get their money.

The couple declined the annuity of the won amount on 30 years, choosing instead a one-time payment of 327,8 million dollars, which will remain after deducting all taxes.

The couple refuses all interviews and requests for photos, wanting to maintain the highest possible level of confidentiality.

Lottery organizers reported that the couple intends to engage in social activities and charity.

As it turned out, all seven months of Ascot kept their winnings secret from their neighbors, they said that the couple had never been particularly sociable, and had not told anyone about their victory.

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