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24-YEAR-OLD WISCONSIN MAN MANUEL FRANCO IS WINNER OF $768 MILLION POWERBALL
JACKPOT: 'IT FEELS LIKE A DREAM'

The winning ticket was sold in March at a Speedway in New Berlin, Wisconsin.

ByEmily Shapiro
23 April 2019, 17:36
• 6 min read
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Wisconsin man wins $768M Powerball jackpot

Manuel Franco, 24, said winning "feels like a dream."
John Hart/Wisconsin State Journal via AP

Wisconsin resident Manuel Franco is the winner of last month's $768.4 million
Powerball jackpot -- the third-largest lottery amount in U.S. history.

"It feels like a dream," Franco, 24, said at a press conference Tuesday.


(MORE: 7 lottery jackpot winners who lost big)

"It was amazing, my heart started racing, blood pumping," he said. "I screamed
for about 5 or 10 minutes."

"My dad cried lot," he added.

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The winning ticket was sold on March 27 at a Speedway in New Berlin, about 15
miles west of Milwaukee.



"I walked into the Speedway and I purchased $10 worth of individual Powerball
tickets," Franco said. "I honestly felt so lucky that I did look up at the
camera and I wanted to wink at it cause I just had that lucky feeling."

He went to work the day after he won but was anxious and sweating. He said he
never showed up to work again after that day.

Before the big win, Franco said his biggest concern was getting his bank account
up to $1,000.

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Franco, who was born in Milwaukee, has been playing Powerball since he turned
18. He said he bought his first ticket on his 18th birthday.

The jackpot has a lump sum cash value of $477 million, according to Powerball.

Franco said he is accepting the lump sum. He will receive just over $326 million
after taxes, said lottery officials.

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"I'm sure you'll never see me as like one of the people who went bankrupt or
broke or anything like that. I plan to live my life normal as much as possible,"
he said.

Franco said he doesn't know what his future holds but that he wants to "help out
the world."

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State law does not allow the winner to stay anonymous, said Wisconsin Lottery
Director Cindy Polzin.

Franco had 180 days to claim the ticket.

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