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Manuel Franco has been identified as the 24-year-old Wisconsin man who won the recent $768.4 Million Powerball. Under Wisconsin state law, lottery winners cannot remain anonymous.
Franco, who took almost a month to claim his winnings after winning on March 27, said he put his ticket in a safe after realizing he had won so he could set up a financial team.
While the 24-year-old Wisconsinite — who said he spent just $10 on individual Powerball tickets — would not reveal what line of work he was in prior to winning the lottery, he did say that he quit his job just two days after winning the $768.4 Million Powerball.
Franco says he intends to opt for the lump-sum payment of approximately $477 million dollars. After taxes, lottery officials say Franco stands to make over $326 million.
Franco bought his ticket at a Speedway gas station in New Berlin, Wisconsin. The Speedway gas station will receive $100,000 for selling the winning ticket.
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Speaking to reporters at a press conference, Franco said that the moment he found out he won the $768 million dollar lottery “felt like a dream.”
“It feels like a dream. It was amazing, my heart started racing, blood pumping. I screamed for about 5 or 10 minutes,” Franco told reporters.
Franco’s $768 million win is the third-largest jackpot win in history, behind only the $1.6 billion Powerball jackpot in January 2016 and the $1.5 billion Mega Millions jackpot won in South Carolina in October 2018
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He said he plans to use some of his extraordinary winnings to give back as he plans to donate money to charity.
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