Winner of $1.3 billion Powerball jackpot is an immigrant from Laos who has cancer

Winner of $1.3 billion Powerball jackpot is an immigrant from Laos who has cancer

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One of the winners of a $1.3 billion Powerball jackpot last month is an immigrant from Laos who has had cancer for eight years and had his latest chemotherapy treatment last week. Cheng “Charlie” Saephan told a news conference held by the Oregon Lottery on Monday that he and his wife would split the prize evenly with a friend who chipped in $100 to buy a batch of tickets with them. Saephan said he'd buy a house and find a good doctor for himself. Saephan said he was born in Laos and moved to Thailand in 1987, before immigrating to the U.S. in 1994.

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