Viral Claim Ties Epstein to 2008 Powerball Jackpot

(AsiaGameHub) –   In July of last year, a former Atlantic City Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino manager stated he had witnessed President Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein together at the casino property, accompanied by underage girls.

Epstein’s ties to the gambling industry seemingly extended even deeper. The troubling Epstein Files uncovered an email from an investigative journalist to withdrawn recipients, which provided information on how the controversial financier and convicted sex offender allegedly won a Powerball jackpot.

Currently, a contentious post on X, which has amassed millions of views, claims that on July 2, 2008, Epstein won an $85 million Powerball jackpot.

Controversy Over the Zorro Trust Name

The winning Powerball numbers for that drawing were 4, 33, 46, 48, 52, with 17 as the red Powerball, with an $85 million jackpot. The ticket was purchased in Oklahoma and featured a one-time cash option of $41.3 million.

The assertion from the X account that revived the lottery win speculation about the controversial, deceased criminal was examined by Grok, the artificial intelligence assistant developed by xAI, to assess the claims.

Grok ultimately verified that the Zorro Trust had collected the $85 million jackpot as a lump-sum payment of approximately $29.3 million after taxes from the July 2, 2008 drawing, for a ticket bought in Altus, Oklahoma.

According to Grok, the trust’s name corresponds to Epstein’s trust associated with his Zorro Ranch in New Mexico. Grok added that based on the Epstein files released by the Department of Justice, the „Zorro Trust (belonging to Epstein)“ had won the jackpot.

The AI assistant also confirmed that lottery officials at that time adhered to standard protocol, permitting anonymity via trust formation. Additionally, the social media platform’s AI assistant noted that no fraud was substantiated.

„The Name Was Simply a Coincidence“

Brice Gordon, Epstein’s ranch manager, was reportedly the trustee of the trust and the individual who signed the documents required to claim the prize, though this assertion has not been officially verified.

More controversially, when the AI assistant was asked a separate question about how many times Epstein had won the lottery, it provided a contradictory response, stating that Epstein had never won the lottery.

Although the 2008 Oklahoma Powerball jackpot was claimed by a Zorro Trust to maintain anonymity, local news reports from that period indicated the winner was a grocery store worker from Altus. The winner had apparently given her trust the same name as Epstein’s Zorro entity for his New Mexico ranch.

„The identical name was purely coincidental. References in recent files are unverified notes, not evidence. There are no recorded wins.“

Epstein’s Zorro Ranch in Stanley was situated over 400 miles from Altus. New Mexico has participated in Powerball since 1996.