Shock reason winner of $1,700,000,000 lottery jackpot isn’t totally thrilled

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A customer holds a number slip for Powerball lottery tickets for a $750 Million grand prize jackpot inside the Bluebird Liquor Store, which has sold winning tickets in past large lottery jackpots, in Hawthorne, California on August 25, 2025. (Photo by Patrick T. Fallon / AFP) (Photo by PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images)
A customer holds a number slip for Powerball lottery ticket inside a liquor store (Picture: Getty Images)

A winner of a $1.78billion jackpot admitted to being a bit resistance to changing his lifestyle – despite his sudden, new fortune.

The man who won half of the jackpot earlier this month said it has taken him some time to realize and embrace his winning.

‘I’m a millionaire, a multi-millionaire, and I’m doing laundry last night,’ he told the Missouri Lottery Commission.

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