Powerball: Oregon authorities reveal winner of $1.3B jackpot
Time:2024-05-22 11:10:20 Source:styleViews(143)
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.
Previous:Emma Hayes' first roster as coach of the US women's team includes 2 first
Next:Victims of UK's infected blood scandal to receive final compensation payments
You may also like
- North Carolina bill seeks to restrict public and media access to criminal autopsy reports
- Facebook and Instagram down in apparent global outages
- Super Tuesday: What is it and why is it so important?
- Government delayed vape rules to suit retailers, campaigners say
- Austrian leader lauds UK's efforts on migration and cites its plan for deportations to Rwanda
- JANET STREET
- Congress PASSES two
- Geena Davis, 68, wows in a figure
- Garcia, Winker go deep as Nats end slide, beat struggling Twins 12