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An Immigrant
from Laos who
has Cancer
AP- One of the winners of a
$1.3 billion Powerball jackpot this
month is an immigrant from Laos
who has had cancer for eight years
and had his latest chemotherapy
treatment last week.
Cheng “Charlie” Saephan, 46,
of Portland, told a news confer-
ence held by the Oregon Lot-
tery on Monday that he and his
37-year-old wife, Duanpen, are
taking half the money, and the rest
is going to a friend, Laiza Chao,
55, of the Portland suburb of
Milwaukie. Chao had chipped in
$100 to buy a batch of tickets with
them. They are taking a lump sum
payment, $422 million after taxes.
“I will be able to provide for
my family and my health,” he
said, adding that he’d “find a good
doctor for myself.”
Cheng “Charlie” Saephan holds a check about his head after
speaking during a news conference where it was revealed that he
was one of the winners of the $1.3 billon Powerball jackpot. (AP
Photo/Jenny Kane)
Saephan, who has two young
children, said that as a cancer
patient, he wondered, “How am
I going to have time to spend all
of this money? How long will
I live?”
After they bought the shared
tickets, Chao sent a photo of
the tickets to Saephan and said,
“We’re billionaires.” It was a
joke before the actual drawing, he
said, but the next day they won.
Chao, 55, was on her way to work
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