Cindy Huynh of Ponoma County recently cashed in her lottery winning ticket worth $32 million. She is joining a long list of Vietnamese-American lottery winners. Some of the most notable ones are:
- Nguyen van Hien and his family members of 11 people won the PowerBall jackpot of $85.7 million in 2010. They are from Baton Rouge, LA. They have decided to form a familty trust called H and N Family Partnership to manage the money as well as to donate some of the winning to charities and their Catholic diosece in Baton Rouge.
- Nguyen van Ut in 2004 became the first Mega Millions winner in Texas. His winning jackpot was $101 million. He donated some of the money to build a buddhist temple in Duncanville, TX and went back to Vietnam to do charity work.
- In 2006, eight workers at the ConAgra meatpacking plant in Nebraska won what was at that time the largest lottery jackpot in the US at $365 million. Two of the workers were from Vietnam - Dao Quang, 56, and Tran Dung, 34.
- Nguyen van Hien and his family members of 11 people won the PowerBall jackpot of $85.7 million in 2010. They are from Baton Rouge, LA. They have decided to form a familty trust called H and N Family Partnership to manage the money as well as to donate some of the winning to charities and their Catholic diosece in Baton Rouge.
- Nguyen van Ut in 2004 became the first Mega Millions winner in Texas. His winning jackpot was $101 million. He donated some of the money to build a buddhist temple in Duncanville, TX and went back to Vietnam to do charity work.
- In 2006, eight workers at the ConAgra meatpacking plant in Nebraska won what was at that time the largest lottery jackpot in the US at $365 million. Two of the workers were from Vietnam - Dao Quang, 56, and Tran Dung, 34.
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