‘Beautiful prize’: Oregon man with cancer wins $1.3bn lottery jackpot

Cheng Charlie' Saephan, who was born in Laos and immigrated in 1994, wants to provide for his family and find a good doctor'

It was about eight years after a cancer diagnosis when Cheng Charlie" Saephan, his wife and their friends bought a batch of lottery tickets at a north-east Oregon convenience store in early April.

They ended up winning the eighth-largest jackpot in US lottery history, officials revealed Monday, when Saephan appeared at a news conference and wondered how much time he had left to enjoy the windfall he is splitting with two of his loved ones.