‘Overjoyed’: US lottery winner pledges to give part of $328.5m prize to non-profits

<p>Abbas Shafii says he plans to travel, invest and share Powerball prize with non-profits ‘close to [his] heart’</p><p>What would you do if you won hundreds of millions of dollars playing the lottery? A 79-year-old man from Beaverton, <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/oregon">Oregon</a>, gets to answer that question after recently collecting a $328.5m Powerball jackpot drawn on 18 January.</p><p>Abbas Shafii issued a statement saying he plans to spend the <a href="https://portalseven.com/lottery/us_jackpot_winners.jsp?state=Oregon">third-largest such prize</a> in his state’s history traveling, making investments and sharing his “good fortune with non-profit organizations that are close to [his] heart”.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/25/powerball-prize-winner-oregon">Continue reading...</a>