The winning ticket for the record $2.04 billion Powerball jackpot was sold Tuesday by Joe Chahayed, former Bengals defensive tackle Domata Peko's father-in-law.
The defensive lineman was picked by the Cincinnati Bengals in the fourth-round of the 2006 NFL draft and spent 11 seasons with the team. He went on to play for the Denver Broncos, Baltimore Ravens and most recently the Arizona Cardinals. He hasn't formally retired despite not playing the last two seasons.
He made his own million-dollar headline in September, when he listed his longtime home in the Cincinnati area for sale. The Crestview Hills, Kentucky home, less than 20 minutes south of downtown Cincinnati, was listed for $1.8 million.Anna isn't Chahayed's only child. He isto have emigrated to Los Angeles from Syria in the 1980s with his wife, two kids and around $14,000 to his name. He now has five children and ten grandchildren with another one on the way.
The jackpot is the largest lottery jackpot ever won by far, beating the previous record $1.586 billion prize won by three Powerball ticket holders in 2016. While Chahayed doesn’t know who the winner is, he says he hopes it’s someone from the community. Joe Chahayed who sold the winning ticket in the $2.04 billion Powerball drawing at his Altadena Mobil station, says he had a feeling there was going to be a winner among his customers. Video by
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