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Chiara Fiorillo

Powerball lottery winner sued as he's accused of stealing lucky $2billion ticket

A man who won a huge $2billion (£1.6million) lottery jackpot has been sued over claims that the lucky ticket was stolen.

Edwin Castro said he was "shocked and ecstatic" when he was identified as the winner of the prize in February.

But after he accepted the jackpot in one lump sum of $997.6million (£808million), a man named Jose Rivera filed a complaint to court saying the jackpot should be his as he claimed he had bought the winning ticket.

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