Winner of November’s $2.04 billion Powerball Jackpot is announced

The winner of the historic $2 billion Powerball lottery has been revealed.

The California lottery says Edwin Castro is the single ticket holder in Altadena, California who won November's jackpot.

The $2.04 billion prize Castro won is the largest jackpot in U.S. lottery history, it carries a cash value of $997.6 million.

Castro declined to appear at the news conference, the lottery said, but he shared a statement read by lottery spokesperson Carolyn Becker.

“As much as I am shocked and ecstatic to have won the Powerball drawing, the real winner is the California Public School system,” Castro’s statement reads.

California’s public schools will receive $156.3 million in supplemental funds – also a record-breaking total. The prize will be shared with schools based on average daily attendance records.