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Chris Morris

$2 billion Powerball jackpot winner lost one of his three multi-million dollar homes in the LA wildfires

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·       One of at least three houses bought by a $2 billion lottery winner has been destroyed by the Los Angeles wildfires. One other home appears safe for now and the status of the third is unknown.

When he won a record-breaking $2 billion Powerball jackpot in 2023, Edwin Castro began spending that money wildly, buying (among other things) a number of homes in California. Now, at least one of those is ashes, one of many victims of the wildfires burning in Los Angeles.

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