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‘Beautiful prize’: Oregon man with cancer wins $1.3bn lottery jackpot



Cheng ‘Charlie’ Saephan, who was born in Laos and immigrated in 1994, wants to provide for his family and ‘find a good doctor’It was about eight years after a cancer diagnosis when Cheng “Charlie” Saephan, his wife and their friends bought a batch of lottery tickets at a north-east Oregon convenience store in early April.They ended up winning the eighth-largest jackpot in US lottery history, officials revealed Monday, when Saephan appeared at a news conference and wondered how much time he had left to enjoy the windfall he is splitting with two of his loved ones. Continue reading…



Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/apr/30/oregon-man-powerball-lottery-winner-jackpot

Author : Ramon Antonio Vargas and agencies

Publish date : 2024-04-30 08:00:38

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