Sporting a "Luck of the Jedi I Have" T-shirt, a California retiree stepped forward Tuesday to claim a $425 million Powerball jackpot a month and a half after he bought the winning ticket.

And yes, B. Raymond Buxton knows it's April Fools Day—he specially chose April 1 to visit California Lottery headquarters in Sacramento, lottery officials said.

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"'Unbelievable!' is all I could muster," Buxton said, according to the lottery. "I sat in front of the computer for hours in disbelief, frequently checking and rechecking the numbers across multiple sources. Once the initial shock passed, I couldn't sleep for days."