California Lottery Reveals Name of Man Representing a Group of Winners of Second-Largest US Jackpot

Published on March 19, 2024

FRAZIER PARK, Calif.—The California Lottery has revealed the name of one of the winners of the second-largest U.S. lottery jackpot—last October’s $1.765 billion Powerball bonanza. Theodorus Struyck represents a group of winners who bought the ticket at a store in the small Kern County mountain town of Frazier Park, the lottery said in a press release. No other information about Mr. Struyck was released. Calls to a telephone listing for Mr. Struyck continuously rang busy Monday. Kern County TV station KGET found no one home at Mr. Struyck’s house after his name was released Friday but did interview two neighbors....

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