Powerball: Oregon authorities reveal winner of $1.3B jackpot
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — One of the winners of a $1.3 billion Powerball jackpot this month is an immigrant from Laos who has had cancer for eight years and had his latest chemotherapy treatment last week.
Cheng “Charlie” Saephan, 46, of Portland, told a news conference held by the Oregon Lottery on Monday that he and his 37-year-old wife, Duanpen, would split the prize evenly with a friend. Laiza Chao, 55, of the Portland suburb of Milwaukie, had chipped in $100 to buy a batch of tickets with them. They are taking a lump sum payment, $422 million after taxes.
“I will be able to provide for my family and my health,” he said, adding that he’d “find a good doctor for myself.”
Saephan, who has two young children, said that as a cancer patient, he wondered, “How am I going to have time to spend all of this money? How long will I live?”
After they bought the shared tickets, Chao sent a photo of the tickets to Saephan and said, “We’re billionaires.” It was a joke before the actual drawing, he said, but the next day it came true.
Related articles
Children are evacuated from school 'during an exam' after threat made via email
Children have been evacuated from a school with Year 11 students told to leave mid-exam after a thre2024-05-21Man United beats Sheffield United 4
MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Bruno Fernandes scored twice as Manchester United beat Sheffield United 42024-05-21Louisiana dolphin shot dead; found along Cameron Parish coast
CAMERON, La. (AP) — Up to $20,000 is being offered for information leading to a criminal conviction2024-05-21Groups urge Alabama to reverse course, join summer meal program for low
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama was one of 14 states that declined to participate in a federal progr2024-05-21Strictly star Giovanni Pernice's former partner Rose Ayling
Giovanni Pernice has been dealt a fresh blow after friend and former Strictly dance partner Rose Ayl2024-05-21Louisiana dolphin shot dead; found along Cameron Parish coast
CAMERON, La. (AP) — Up to $20,000 is being offered for information leading to a criminal conviction2024-05-21
atest comment