Lao immigrants from Thailand to the United States and fight cancer “Powerball” lottery jackpot win 46.7 billion baht, the 8th highest in history
April 2024 USA Powerball Lottery There was a big winner. He won a jackpot worth more than 1.3 billion US dollars (about 46.7 billion baht). He is also a Laotian who immigrated from Thailand.
Charlie Saephan, 46, of Portland, Oregon, said at a press conference on April 29 that he won the lottery with his 37-year-old wife, Dueanpen, and his longtime friend, Lisa Chao, 55
He said Chao paid $100 to buy the lottery ticket. After buying tickets together Jesha then took a picture of the ticket and gave it to Charlie and said, “We’re billionaires,” he said, of course, jokingly. But it turned out to be true .
They chose to receive the lump sum, which after taxes would be around US$422 million (15.6 billion baht), with Charles and Dueanphen sharing half of the prize with Chao.
Charles has been suffering from cancer since 2016 and last week he went through chemotherapy.
Charlie said, “I can support my family and my health … find a good doctor for myself,” adding that he has two children. But as a cancer patient, he thought, “How will I have time to spend all this money? How long can I live?”
said Charles He was born in Laos. I am Yu Mien people. or an ethnic group with roots in southern China and moved to Thailand in 1987 before immigrating to the United States in 1994. Today, tens of thousands of Yew Mien people live in villages large on the west coast of the United States. It has a large community in Portland.
Charles graduated from high school in 1996 and has lived in Portland for 30 years, working as a mechanic for an aerospace company.
He said that before he drew the prize, he wrote the numbers he would choose on a piece of paper and put it under his pillow. and begged for a reward “I need help. I don’t want to die unless I do something for my family first.”
The winning Powerball ticket was purchased in early April at the Plaid Pantry convenience store in Portland, ending a streak of more than three months without a winner.
The $1.3 billion prize is the 4th largest jackpot in Powerball history. and is the 8th largest among US jackpots. with the highest value jackpot in the United States. California will have $2.04 billion in awards in 2022.
Compiled from Associated Press
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2024-04-30 07:26:00
