$2B Powerball winner Edwin Castro goes public with poet, model girlfriend in cozy Instagram posts
Love in affluent circles.
Billionaire Powerball winner Edwin Castro and his new self-described poet and bikini model girlfriend enjoyed a romantic date night on Wednesday, marking the first time the lovebirds appeared in public as a couple.
Payten Vincent, 24, snapped a photo alongside the California-born jackpot winner during an event at the Soho House in Malibu hosted by fashion mogul Giorgio Armani.
“Last night at the @giorgioarmani event at the @sohohouse,” Vincent’s Instagram story revealed.
The self-described poet and bikini model smiled beside a joyful Castro, who wore a teal button-down shirt during the event.
A second photo uploaded to her account showed a hearty-looking steak drizzled with an assortment of chopped-up vegetables and a white sauce.
On Thursday, Vincent posted a short clip of getting snug next to her new beau as the pair took a joyride around town in one of Castro’s luxurious classic Porsches.
Castro, 31, deleted his social media accounts after winning the $2 billion Powerball jackpot in 2022.
However, his new love interest has a whopping 125,000 Instagram followers, where she posed with rappers Flavor Flav and Kanye West and DJs Diplo and Cedric Gervais at high-end nightclubs.
The pair were first spotted together at Nobu in Los Angeles earlier this month and were then seen the following morning — appearing to be wearing the same clothes as the night before — on a breakfast date in Malibu.
Vincent, who describes herself as a former high school honor student and athlete, worked as a barista at Starbucks in Falmouth, Maine, and a Toronto Dominion bank teller before moving to LA, according to her LinkedIn profile.
Her profile also lists her as a food and film critic, a screenwriter, and a “published poet,” featuring some of her poetry on her blog “Poetry by Payten.”
In a short poem entitled “Thieves and Sins,” she wonders whether LA is a good fit.
“My ego doesn’t fit in LA but saying it, gives grievances/ Maybe I believe in instances/ Where I live with certain Thieves and sins,” she writes.
It’s unclear when Vincent met Castro. However, Vincent’s Instagram posts from seven weeks ago show images of a view of Los Angeles from a high-rise with the caption “new home new heights.”
Another photo features a silver Porsche, while a third depicts Vincent standing next to a pool in a white outfit.
Castro has spent lavishly since winning the historic jackpot, splashing millions of dollars on luxury vehicles and mansions.
He took home an estimated $628 million after taxes – and immediately set about spending his spoils.
He spent $47 million on a massive mansion in the Hollywood Hills and a huge home for his parents in Altadena, California.
