Idaho Lottery Jackpot Winner

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BOISE, Idaho — A 37-year-old Boise insurance agent who at one time lived in a homeless shelter has won $250,000 in the Idaho Lottery. Anthony Castro won the money playing a scratch ticket that he bought at Jacksons Food Stores in Boise.

Castro says he has donated some of his lottery jackpot winnings to his church, plans to set up a trust account for his daughter and will invest and bank the rest. He is moving to Portland soon to start a new job.

Castro says he grew up in New York, survived a gunshot wound to the head at age 19 and moved to Idaho after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. He lived in a homeless shelter for a time until he got on his feet financially.