Ex-NFL player's father-in-law sells $2.04B Powerball ticket

Business owner Joe Chahayed holds a Powerball bonus check outside Joe's Service Center that sold the winning Powerball ticket. Xinhua

Jackpot! Ex-NFL player's father-in-law sells $2.04 billion Powerball ticket

By Clark Dalton | Last updated 11/11/22

America's newest billionaire has at least a tenuous connection to the NFL.

On Twitter, former NFL defensive tackle Domata Peko revealed his father-in-law, Joe Chahayed, sold the winning $2.04 billion Powerball ticket at his Joe's Service Center in Altadena, Calif., near Los Angeles.

Congratulations Baba Chahayed!!! Alexa play A Mili by @LilTunechi blessed https://t.co/r8aVPN5xVi
— domatapeko (@DomataPeko) November 9, 2022

Peko played in the NFL from 2006-2020 for four NFL teams: the Bengals, Broncos, Ravens and Cardinals.

The $2.04 billion ticket is the biggest lottery jackpot in history, per CNBC. The drawing was held Tuesday.

According to KTLA in Los Angeles, the winner hasn't been revealed, but Chayaed gets a $1 million reward for selling the winning ticket because the vendor receives 0.5 percent of the jackpot, per California State Lottery rules.

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