The life of a 23-year-old Florida man has changed forever with the purchase of a Powerball ticket. Thomas Yi, of Land O’ Lakes, won the March 27 Powerball drawing with a $235.4 million jackpot, lottery officials announced.
Yi chose to receive a one-time, lump-sum payment of $160,038,447.27. [TRENDING: BOLO for these hairy caterpillars.
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