Personal Finance
23-Year-Old Land O' Lakes Man Youngest To Win Powerball Jackpot
The money will come in handy. Despite being a multi-millionaire, Thomas Yi said he still plans to go to college.
LAND O' LAKES, FL — Thomas Yi is on Cloud 9, or rather Cloud 235.4 million.
That's the amount of money the 23-year-old Land O' Lakes man won in the Powerball drawing March 27.
Yi, Florida's 15th Powerball jackpot winner and the youngest player to win a Florida Lottery Powerball jackpot, chose to receive his winnings in a one-time lump sum payment of $160,038,447.27.
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"Even after matching all six numbers, I was in disbelief and took my ticket to a retailer to have it checked," Yi said. "The clerk at the counter instantly became excited and kept repeating that I had won the $235 million Powerball jackpot. I knew then that this would be life changing."
The money will come in handy, he said. Despite being a multi-millionaire, Yi said he plans to go to college to major in either business or medicine.
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Yi purchased his jackpot-winning ticket from Publix at 16560 N. Nebraska Avenue in Lutz. Publix will receive a $95,000 bonus commission for selling the jackpot-winning Powerball ticket.
The next Powerball drawing will be held Saturday, April 17 at 10:59 p.m. with an estimated $79 million jackpot. National Powerball drawings are broadcast live from the Florida Lottery's studio in Tallahassee.
Winning numbers are available on the lottery website, at retailers statewide and by phone at (850) 921-PLAY.
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