79-year-old Beaverton man claims Powerball jackpot

(This story has been updated to add new information.)

A 79-year-old Beaverton man has claimed Oregon’s first Powerball jackpot of 2025, the Oregon Lottery said Friday.

Abbas Shafii bought the $328.5 million winning ticket at the Beaverton Fred Meyer at 15995 SW Walker Road on Jan. 17.

He chose the lump sum option worth $146.4 million, according to the Oregon Lottery. After taxes, he received $99,556,734. The state received $11.7 million, lottery spokesperson Melanie Mesaros said.

“I am overjoyed to have won the Powerball and plan to use my prize to travel, invest and share my good fortune with non-profit organizations that are close to my heart,” Shafii said in a news release from the Oregon Lottery.

The Fred Meyer where the ticket was sold received $100,000. The store plans to donate $50,000 to the Oregon Food Bank as part of Fred Meyer’s Zero Hunger | Zero Waste mission, according to the Oregon Lottery.

The jackpot comes less than a year after a Portland man and his wife won a $1.3 billion Powerball jackpot in April 2024.

According to the Oregon Lottery, Fred Meyer stores, in recent years, sold other large Oregon Lottery prizes, including a $1 million Powerball in November 2023 and a $7.9 million Megabucks win in November 2022. 

About a third of Powerball game sales are returned to the state.

Isabel Funk covers breaking news and public safety for the Statesman Journal. Funk can be reached at ifunk@statesmanjournal.com or on X at @isabeldfunk