Man identified as winner of $328.5M Powerball jackpot in Oregon. What are his plans?
A 79-year-old Oregon man has been identified as the winner of a $328.5 million Powerball jackpot.
Abbas Shafii bought the winning ticket from a Fred Meyer in Beaverton the day before the Jan. 18 drawing, the Oregon Lottery said in a Feb. 21 news release.
Shafii claimed the prize a few days later on Jan. 22, McClatchy News reported.
The Beaverton resident decided to take the lump sum option of $146.4 million, lottery officials said.
“I am overjoyed to have won the Powerball and plan to use my prize to travel, invest and share my good fortune with nonprofit organizations that are close to my heart,” he told lottery officials.
The winning numbers were 14, 31, 35, 64 and 69 with a Powerball of 23. The Power Play multiplier was 2x.
No one has hit the Powerball jackpot since it reset, so it has grown to an estimated $215 million, with a cash value of $98.4 million, for the Feb. 22 drawing.
Beaverton is a less than 10-mile drive southwest from Portland.
What to know about Powerball
To score the jackpot in the Powerball, a player must match all five white balls and the red Powerball.
The odds of scoring the jackpot prize are 1 in 292,201,338.
Tickets can be bought on the day of the drawing, but sales times and price vary by state.
Drawings are broadcast Saturdays, Mondays and Wednesdays at 10:59 p.m. ET and can be streamed online.
Powerball is played in 45 states, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
This story was originally published February 21, 2025 at 9:17 AM with the headline "Man identified as winner of $328.5M Powerball jackpot in Oregon. What are his plans?."
