$2.04B Powerball Winner Edwin Castro Was Boy Scout, Athlete in Excessive Faculty

Edwin Castro, the latest winner of the $2.04 billion Powerball prize, grew up in Los Angeles and was as soon as a outstanding Boy Scout and highschool athlete … TMZ has discovered.

Our sources inform us 30-year-old Edwin rose all the way in which to Eagle Scout throughout his time within the scouts, and he attended Crescenta Valley Excessive Faculty in La Crescenta, CA … not removed from Joe’s Service Middle in Altadena, the place he bought the profitable lottery ticket.

Along with being a Boy Scout, we’re instructed Edwin performed soccer and baseball in highschool … our sources say he grew up in a “healthful household” that regularly took fishing journeys.

Our sources say Edwin, who studied structure at Woodbury College in Burbank, is a quiet man with a form coronary heart.

Since placing it wealthy, Edwin’s already used a few of his new cash to purchase a swanky $25.5 million pad within the Hollywood Hills … one month after claiming his lump sum fee of $997,600,000 earlier than taxes.

Edwin’s new crib has all of the bells and whistles, together with a house gymnasium, storage parking for seven automobiles and a motor court docket … and we’re instructed he has a ardour for traditional automobiles and health.

As we reported, Edwin was being sued by a person who claimed the profitable lotto ticket was truly stolen, claiming Edwin was concerned within the alleged theft … however the lottery says they’ve the utmost confidence Edwin’s the rightful winner.

One supply instructed us, “Successful the lotto could not have occurred to a greater man.”