America’s first lottery millionaire Edwin Castro seems to be getting lucky again after dating an Instagram model who describes himself as a poet, writer, critic, and screenwriter.
The 31-year-old, who won $997 million after tax in the 2022 Powerball series, locked lips with Payten Vincent, 24, outside LA celebrity hotspot Nobu on Sunday morning after the pair enjoyed a night out the night before.
Castro deleted his social media account after the record-breaking lottery scoop, but his new remote already has 125,000 followers on his Instagram account, where he has posted selfies with celebrities including rapper Flavor Flav, and DJs Cedric Gervais and Diplo. .
The young socialite carried a Christian Dior saddle bag and wore a short black dress and white heels as she left a high-profile sushi restaurant in Malibu on Saturday night.
Billionaire lottery winner Edwin Castro and his new date Payten Vincent looked familiar after arriving at Nobu restaurant in LA in a $500,000 Porsche.
The pair seemed oblivious to the attention as they strolled down the street together
He had changed into baggy pants and black cut-top when he returned with his new beau in his $500,000 Porsche in the morning, while he was dressed down in a loose-fi T-shirt and black cargo pants.
Castro has only been pictured on a handful of dates since hitting the $2 billion pre-tax jackpot in November 2022, though he clearly has a taste for seafood after taking a mysterious couple to West Hollywood Sushi Park in February.
His recent LinkedIn page reveals that he is a graduate of Falmouth High School on Cape Cod in Massachusetts where he belongs to Alpine Ski Racing.
He has worked as a freelance model and as a ‘food critic for all types of cuisine, focusing on fine dining and celiac-friendly restaurants’.
His work as a screenwriter remains a mystery, but his Instagram page links to his blog page where he has published some poems under the title ‘Reckless Intelligence’.
‘The depressed life of a restless girl,’ she wrote. ‘The will of the world without a beautiful purpose.
‘Exasperated nihilist, explorative philosopher, lessons you can’t learn anywhere else, from the wake of a speedboat.’
It is not known whether Castro has spent his winnings on the speedboat, but he has splurged on a $47 million mansion in Bel Air, a $25 million home in the Hollywood Hills and a $4 million Japanese-inspired home in Altadena for his mother. and father near the edge where he grew up.
Peyton is ready for take-off because she enjoyed last summer’s Burning Man festival
And the 24-year-old has no shortage of outfits to blend in with her exotic surroundings
The young socialite describes herself as a poet, writer, critic, and screenwriter
Her c/v also lists six months spent ‘modeling for fashion brands, influencers and marketing’
Vincent, meanwhile, spent more than 18 months volunteering as a food provider and server at the Portland Maine Homeless Shelter as a teenager.
These days he spends more time at Hollywood venues including Tao, Poppy, and Nightingale Plaza nightclubs, along with VIP trips to Coachella in California and Art Basel in Miami.
His most beloved possession appears to be a young albino hedgehog, but the creature does not accompany him on his globetrotting trip to Puerto Rico, France and South America.
‘I love this country with all my heart and honestly just living here,’ he wrote after traveling to Belize in 2022.
‘The land, the culture, the people, the feeling of magic, the food, the weather, the waves, and the fruit.
‘Not many people know that my dream is to own a van and just drive. Cook your own food, can buy local eggs and make breakfast for the rest of the campsite.
‘Roll my own cigarettes and give kombucha to the villagers. Going on treks through the mountains, watching the sunset, relaxing on the beach for days and not knowing what day it is (unless there’s an Open mic nearby).’
Castro’s life took a dramatic turn when he bought the winning ticket from a local gas station in November 2022 before claiming a total of $997.6m in February last year.
Joe’s Service Center in Altadena, California, where the ticket was purchased in 2022
Castro’s $47m Bel Air home has lots of glass that provides unparalleled views of Los Angeles
Castro’s current car collection includes a 1980s Porsche G series 911 worth $250,000.
He was able to find the van he was looking for among Castro’s collection of classic cars that now includes a vintage white Porsche 911, a gray Ram 1500 TRX, three Volkswagen Karmann Ghias, a British racing green Porsche 356 and a black 1980s Porsche 911.
The Bel Air estate also features a champagne tasting room, a suspended glass walkway, a swimming pool-sized koi pond with glass walls and an infinity pool.