The $235 Million Powerball Winner From Florida Is 23 Years Old
Time to set your Tinder city to “Land O’ Lakes Florida” and see if you can match with this guy. The winner of the $235 million dollar Powerball is 23 years old and lives just to our north. You’re looking for “Thomas Yi Florida”
Thomas Yi, of Land O’ Lakes, won the March 27 Powerball drawing. He’s taking the one time payment of $160,038,447.27.
According to Click Orlando Thomas was quoted “Even after matching all six numbers, I was in disbelief and took my ticket to a retailer to have it checked,” Yi said to lottery officials. “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.”
Thomas plans to use the money to go to college, making him the only guy on campus not buried in student loan debt.
A 23-year-old from Land O' Lakes is the youngest player in Florida Lottery history to claim a Powerball jackpot prize. Thomas Yi won a staggering $235 million, and chose to take home a one-time, lump-sum payment of $160,038,447. https://t.co/TxleZsr5wT
— FOX 13 Tampa Bay (@FOX13News) April 16, 2021
Thomas Yi Florida
And if he’s looking to spread that overwhelming amount of cash around, I got room in the garage for one of these:
