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Laotian immigrant Cheng Saephan says he plans to give most of his $1.3 billion Powerball prize to a friend who gave him $100 to buy the winning ticket. Saephan, who is a member of the Iu Mien ethnic group, was born in Thailand and came to Oregon in 1994. He and his wife, Duanpen, will take half of the prize money and will use the remainder for their children’s education and to invest in real estate. The couple lives in Portland, where they are building a house and plan to open a restaurant.
The Powerball jackpot has been the fourth largest in history. The winning ticket was sold in the Plaid Pantry convenience store in Portland, which has a large Iu Mien community. The winner is required to go through a security and vetting process before being allowed to claim the prize. It is expected to be the highest-paid lottery prize in US history. The winner can choose to receive the payout in 30 annual installments or a single lump-sum payment.
Lottery officials in the communist nation of Laos are rigging the system, manipulating winning numbers to avoid large pay-outs, sources in the country say. The results of the national lottery, which is held three times a week, often show numbers that have been used recently or are deemed unlucky and unlikely to be chosen, the sources told RFA’s Lao Service. The number 509, for example, disappeared from purchased tickets throughout the day of a drawing on Oct. 14 but returned an hour before the actual result was announced, a source said.
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