4 minutes agoHe earned $1.3 billion jackpot. The cancer patient will use money to find a good drug.
Periskopi(2 years ago)
(2 years ago)The winner of the $1.3 billion historic jackpot at Powerball has been discovered as an immigrant from Laos who is fighting cancer and has carried out his latest chemotherapy treatment last week. According to foreign media, there is Telegrafi, Cheng “Charlie” Saephan, 46, from Portland, who has had cancer [...]
According to foreign media, there is Telegrafi, Cheng “Charlie” Saephan, 46, from Portland, who has had cancer for eight years, said he and his wife, Donpen Saephan, 37, would share the price equally with a friend who contributed $100 to buy some tickets with them.
Thus, they will receive a large sum of $42 million after taxes.
“I am grateful for the lottery and for the way I am blessed”, he said at a press conference Monday held by the Oregon Lottery, adding that “
I'll be able to offer something to my family and my health... I'll find a good doctor for myself”
He said that as a cancer patient, he wondered: “how will I have time to spend all this money? How long am I gonna live?
Saehan also told reporters he plans to first buy a home for his family in Oregon.
He also stressed that he will likely continue to play the lottery.
