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A 46-year-old immigrant has walked away with a $1.3 billion jackpot after buying a Powerball ticket at a convenience store in Portland, Oregon. Cheng Saephan, who wore a sash at a news conference saying “Iu Mien USA,” says the prize money will change his life. Saephan and his wife will split the winnings, which will come to $422 million after taxes. He is also using the money to raise awareness about his Iu Mien people, a southeast Asian ethnic group that has roots in southern China and helped American forces during the Vietnam War.
The Lao government is cracking down on illegal online lotteries based in foreign countries, the Finance Minister told parliament recently. The Laos Ministry of Finance has vowed to regulate and close down online lotteries selling lottery tickets from countries such as Vietnam, Thailand, Cambodia, and the Republic of Korea. It’s believed that these illegal operations lure people into habitual gambling and are a growing threat to public health.
In Laos, the national lottery has a number of unique features. It offers multiple prizes based on the amount of matching digits, with participants who match all four numbers seeing their stake multiplied by a factor of six. In addition, a participant who matches three numbers would see their bet multiply by five-fold.
Despite these advantages, the lottery is not without its controversy. In the past, some have questioned its legitimacy and called for reforms. In particular, critics have pointed to the high percentage of tickets that go unclaimed and argue that the system is rigged to benefit wealthy businesspeople.
Another problem is that the prizes are not transparent. This can be problematic because some players do not understand the value of their tickets and they may be disappointed when they do not receive the prize money that they expected. Additionally, some of the winning numbers are manipulated and do not appear on purchased tickets. For example, the winning number in a drawing on Oct. 14 this year was 134, but that number vanished from tickets sold throughout the day of the drawing, a source in Vientiane told RFA’s Lao Service. The number then changed to 662 only 10 minutes before the drawing took place. This happened because of the number’s association with buffalo, a symbol of good luck. This number is usually picked by those who want to increase their chances of winning.