\u2018Reggie\u2019 Backs Rivera <\/strong><\/h2>\nRivera continues to insist he is the lawful winner. That\u2019s despite the California Lottery Commission stating in February it was \u201cconfident\u201d it had the right man. Still, it added the Lottery was \u201cnot authorized to investigate any criminal activity among its players.\u201d<\/p>\n
Rivera filed a lawsuit alleging he bought the ticket from Joe\u2019s Service Center in Altadena on November 7. But he claims it was stolen by his former landlord, Urachi F. “Reggie” Romero.<\/p>\n
In an interview with The New York Post<\/em> in May, Romero said he believes Rivera did have the winning ticket, but denied he stole it.<\/p>\n\n
Romero recalled his former tenant showing him the ticket the night before the draw. He remembered explaining why he chose two number 10s \u2013 because it was the year his parents died.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\u201cHe picked 47 because that\u2019s how old he is,\u201d Romero explained to the Post<\/em>. \u201cHe also said his dad always wanted a 1956 Chevy truck, so he picked 56. He had a reason why he chose every number, and he told me this before (the drawing).\u201d<\/p>\nThe winning numbers were 10, 33, 41, 47, 56 and red Powerball 10.<\/p>\n
Lost, Stolen, Neither?<\/strong><\/h2>\nRomero emphasized he had no connection to Castro and has no idea how the ticket ended up in Castro\u2019s possession. He said Rivera must have \u201clost the ticket.\u201d<\/p>\n
The lawsuit asserts that Romero \u201ctook the ticket\u201d from a table at their shared property. In the new court filing this week, Rivera claims Romero told the plaintiff that the pair could split the winnings if he helped find the ticket.<\/strong><\/p>\nRivera has retained Florida-based attorney Kurt Panouses, a specialist lottery lawyer, to help with the case.<\/p>\n
Castro\u2019s lawyer, David De Paoli, said: \u201cWe don’t really care what’s going on between those guys because it doesn’t really involve us except to the extent that we’re sitting here in court. At some point, it is going to become clear that Edwin G. Castro is the legitimate owner of the ticket.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
An Altadena, Calif. man who claims he is the rightful recipient of the biggest lottery prize ever awarded says he has been dealing with death threats since suing the official winner. Jose Rivera claims the $2.08 billion-winning Powerball ticket was stolen from him a day before the record-breaking draw on November 8, 2022. The prize […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":290405,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,60,13699],"tags":[85190,85189,83186,88047],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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