The Powerball jackpot winner is a migrant who came to the US from Laos. He has been fighting cancer for eight years. He has now won the astronomical sum of 1.3 billion dollars. And he admitted: “How will I have time to spend all this money? How much longer will I live?”
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Cheng “Charlie” Saephan He is a 46 year old man from Portland. In the USA he arrived there as migrant from Laos and has been fighting against the for eight years cancer. He is the historic winner of the Powerball jackpot of 1.3 billion dollars (over 1.2 billion euros). “I’m grateful for what happened, I’ve been blessed,” he said at a news conference held by the Oregon State Lottery, adding that his “life has been changed.”
“I will be able to provide for my family and my health… me I will find a good doctor“, he added. The 46-year-old underwent his latest chemotherapy treatment just last week. Being a cancer patient, he admitted that he had already asked himself one question: “How will I have time to spend all this money? How long will I live?”
Charlie said he would split the prize not only with his wife, Duanpen Saephan, 37, but also with a friend, Laiza Chao, 55, of Milwaukie, who would contribute $100 to buy some tickets with them. Immediately afterwards he sent a selfie to her wife and wrote: “We are billionaires”. He didn’t know that that joke would soon turn into reality.
Superbonus, the total burden borne by the State at the end of March was over 122 billion euros
Cheng “Charlie” Saephan with the winning ticket
After finding out he had won, the 46-year-old called his friend: “I said: ‘Laiza, where are you?’ and he replied: ‘I’m going to work’, and I replied: ‘You don’t have to go anymore’”.
Charlie made it known that he first wanted to purchase a home for his family in Oregon. But she admitted that probably will continue to play in the lottery despite the sensational win: “I could be lucky again!”.
“This is an unprecedented jackpot win for the lottery.Oregon“said Oregon Lottery Director Mike Wells. Statistics report that the $1.3 billion prize is the fourth largest Powerball jackpot in history and the eighth largest jackpot game in the states. United.
