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
Pope trip to Luxembourg, Belgium confirmed for September, 2 weeks after challenging Asia visit
ROME (AP) — Pope Francis has added a stop in Luxembourg to a trip to Belgium in September, a three-d2024-05-21Tale of the state pension underpaid for 20 YEARS: This is Money podcast
The debacle over widespread errors in the state pension that This is Money and Sir Steve Webb uncove2024-05-21As the Glastonbury 2024 lineup is announced, AI reveals the ultimate headliners
The moment that Glastonbury fans have been waiting for finally arrived this morning, as the full lin2024-05-21Humiliation for Saudi Arabia as it's 'forced to scale back $1.5trillion plans for 106
Saudi Arabia has been forced to scale back its $1.5trillion plans for a 106-mile linear desert megac2024-05-21Yu Darvish extends scoreless innings streak to 25 in Padres' 9
ATLANTA (AP) — Yu Darvish dominated a slumping Braves offense and extended his career-high scoreless2024-05-21Do you live near one? Interactive map reveals the locations of England's 400,000 heritage sites
With the humdrum of modern life, it's easy for Brits to forget that we live in a land packed with an2024-05-21
atest comment