{"id":282682,"date":"2023-07-26T14:58:33","date_gmt":"2023-07-26T19:58:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=282682"},"modified":"2023-07-26T15:39:40","modified_gmt":"2023-07-26T20:39:40","slug":"powerball-billion-dollar-winner-was-faking-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/powerball-billion-dollar-winner-was-faking-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Powerball Billion-Dollar \u2018Winner\u2019 was Reportedly \u2018Faking It\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

The true winner of the $1.08 billion \u201cSkid Row\u201d Powerball Jackpot<\/a> has yet to come forward after an ecstatic woman who claimed to be the lucky player was reported to have been \u201cfaking it.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Powerball,
The emotional woman, pictured above at Las Palmitas Mini Market on Thursday may have been faking it for the cameras. (Image: KTLA<\/em>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The actual winner really did buy the ticket at Las Palmitas Mini Market in downtown Los Angeles, but they are not believed to be the woman filmed dancing around the store last Thursday, a day after the draw.<\/p>\n

An Inside Edition<\/em> reporter attempted to interview the unidentified woman, who hugged strangers and cried with joy, but she appeared too ecstatic to speak.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cI can\u2019t even … I can\u2019t \u2026 I\u2019m scared right now, I\u2019m so scared,\u201d sobbed the woman, who was wearing a baseball cap bearing the logo of \u201cPsychedelic Water,\u201d an alcohol substitute. She managed to nod when asked if she was the winner. Outside she collapsed on the floor and waved her hands in the air before driving off in a BMW.<\/p>\n

\u2018Wanted to be on TV\u2019<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The granddaughter of the store\u2019s owner told The Daily Mail<\/em> she believed the woman was faking the whole episode.<\/p>\n

She didn\u2019t win – I\u2019m not sure why she did that. I guess she just wanted to be on TV,\u201d Sarai Palacios said. \u201cWe don\u2019t know who the winner is yet. They still haven\u2019t come forward.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The owner, Nabor Herrera, earlier told another news outlet he was suspicious of the woman because he didn’t recognize her. The winner\u2019s true identity won\u2019t bother Herrera too much. He gets to claim a $1 million reward for selling the ticket, regardless.<\/p>\n

Shadow of Poverty<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Much has been made of the fact that the ticket was sold on the edges of Skid Row, an area long notorious for poverty, homelessness, drugs, and crime.<\/p>\n

In the shadow of poverty and despair of Skid Row \u2014 someone has just won $1 billion,\u201d enthused The L.A. Times.<\/em> The $1.08 billion prize is the sixth largest in US history.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The winner can either take the full amount (minus 37% in federal taxes) paid out over a 30-year period or a one-off cash payment of $558.1 million (minus the 37%). The good news is there is no state tax for California lottery<\/a> wins.<\/p>\n

Fill in the Form<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Meanwhile, lottery officials said the formal process to officially identify the winner may take a while.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnybody claiming to be the winner isn\u2019t valid until we say it is,\u201d lottery spokesperson Carolyn Becker said at a news conference outside Las Palmitas Mini Market on Thursday morning.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cThe California Lottery will NOT know who the winner is until someone completes and turns in a claim form, which also requires producing the winning ticket,\u201d Becker clarified to The Independent <\/em>on Wednesday.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Meanwhile, those who missed out on the Powerball prize may take solace from the fact that the Mega Millions has climbed to an estimated $910 million. That\u2019s after there was no winner on Tuesday, not even a fake one.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The true winner of the $1.08 billion \u201cSkid Row\u201d Powerball Jackpot has yet to come forward after an ecstatic woman who claimed to be the lucky player was reported to have been \u201cfaking it.\u201d The actual winner really did buy the ticket at Las Palmitas Mini Market in downtown Los Angeles, but they are not […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":282683,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13699],"tags":[83186,87193],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nPowerball Billion-Dollar \u2018Winner\u2019 was \u2018Faking It\u2019<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Powerball \u2018winner\u2019 at Las Palmitas Mini Market was faking it to get on TV, claims store owner\u2019s granddaughter. 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