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

now that we have made everything official I'm excited to announce that we have three winners of the $ 1.3 billion jackpot our first winner is Chang known as Charlie saon and his wife Duan pen saon they're both from Portland and their friend Liza Chang who is from Milwaukee uh three people winning but actually the uh main winning is me and Liza my just two people winning the L ticket but uh I wish what spread in half and then myself I I spread with my wife so we all three winner now until 2016 and then I found out I have a cancer so since 2016 I've been battle with cancer for eight years now currently I still having chemotherapy I just had one last Monday and I still fighting I got no hair because I'm chemotherapy and uh I'm gratefully for lottery uh and how I have been blessed with this price I will be able to provide for my family and my health and am I pray for blessing my player where answer and my life has been changed now I can bless my family and find a good doctor for myself to myself I'm a middle of the batt in cancer so I been thinking how am I going to have time to spend all of this money found out I won so with my partner and I call her she's on the on driving on the way to work and I told her uh what where you going what are you doing now she said I'm driving on the way to work and I told her you don't have to go work now

Channel: AP Archive

Views: 2,310

Keywords: 18f48902601c4d569cd50629f57dcf1d, 4491509, AP Archive, Cheng “Charlie” Saephan, Laos, Melanie Mesaros, Oregon, Portland, US OR Powerball Winner Briefing

Id: 6qWhRwYyT6Q

Length: 2min 51sec (171 seconds)

Published: Sat May 04 2024