Financial NewsCaliforniaInvestigationJackpotsMulti-State GamePowerballWinner Stories $1.08 billion Powerball lottery winner Yanira Alvarez filed claim for jackpot over five months ago By Internationalfinancialnews.com - 19 April 2024 0 34 Copy URL At the end of March, the California Lottery announced Yanira Alvarez as the sole winner of the $1.08 billion Powerball jackpot drawn on July 16, 2023, but it turns out the winner presented the winning ticket to lottery officials months earlier.