A North Carolina man who was diagnosed recently with cancer won a $250,000 lottery prize on April 1, 2019. (NC Education Lottery) Man Diagnosed Recently With Stage 4 Cancer Wins Lottery Prize A North Carolina man who was diagnosed recently with cancer is planning to travel the world after he won a $250,000 lottery prize. Richard Beare of Charlotte couldn’t believe his luck when he made a stop at a convenience store to get a Powerball ticket two weeks ago. “I rarely play the lottery,” Beare told NC Education Lottery. “I only stopped because my wife asked me to get a Powerball ticket since the jackpot was so high.” While at the store, Beare decided to also buy some scratch-off tickets. He purchased four Carolina Black tickets in total. “The fourth one was the winner,” the retired automotive mechanic said. “When I saw that I had matching numbers, I asked her, ‘What does it mean if I match the numbers?’ She said it meant I won a prize. I told her, ‘Well, I guess we just won $250,000 then.’ She was in shock and just kept looking back and forth to me and the ticket.” Beare went to the lottery headquarters in Raleigh to claim his prize on April 1. He took home $176,876, an amount after taxes. The $5 ticket launched in the last month with four top prizes of $250,000. Two top prizes remain. “This feels great,” Beare said. “It’s such a relief.” Beare said he would use the money to travel to Italy with his wife. “I recently got diagnosed with stage four liver cancer,” he said. “I want to travel while I can still enjoy myself. My wife has always wanted to go to Italy, since that’s where her descendants are from. Now I can take her.” In a similar story last year, an 87-year-old man from New Jersey, who broke his hip while on his way to the store to buy a lottery ticket, ended up winning a share of a $1 million prize after hospital staff took pity on him. Earl Livingston, 87, was going out to buy a lottery ticket when he fell, only for things to take a turn for the richer. 由 Today Show 发布于 2018年10月26日周五 While in the hospital, Earl Livingston shared his story with staff at Jefferson Stratford Hospital, who asked him whether he wanted to be included in the hospital’s lottery pool. Here's the winning ticket! Get the full story tonight from Joyce Evans FOX 29. #StratfordMillionairesClub 由 Jefferson Health – New Jersey 发布于 2018年10月24日周三 “He told them he was on his way to buy a lottery ticket and he was disappointed that he didn’t get it,” Livingston’s niece, Bobbie Mickle, told NBC10. “So they said, ‘Why don’t you go in with us? We’re also buying a lottery ticket.’” Livingston then contributed an amount with 141 hospital staff in the pool. They ended up winning $1 million, with each participant taking home about $4,500 after taxes. “I want to thank everybody,” Livingston told NBC10. “I appreciate very much and God bless you and have a happy, happy long life!” Congratulations to the newly formed "Stratford Millionaires Club!" 141 employees and one patient from Jefferson Health -… 由 Jefferson Health 发布于 2018年10月25日周四 Joe Devine, president of Jefferson Health New Jersey, praised his staff for going beyond their duties to help the elderly patient. “This is a story of good fortune, but also of great people,” he told Today. “When this gentleman expressed his disappointment around not having the chance to get a lottery ticket, our staff stepped in to brighten up his day. The team here goes above and beyond for their patients every day. This time, it happened to net an excellent reward for all!” The Epoch Times reporter Jocelyn Neo contributed to this report.<doc-sep>A winning scratch-off lottery ticket has provided a ray of light for a North Carolina man who was recently diagnosed with stage 4 cancer. Richard Beare of Charlotte is planning on taking his wife on a dream vacation and enjoying himself after claiming a $250,000 prize from a winning Carolina Black scratch-off ticket. Richard Beare wants to take his wife on a dream trip with his lottery winnings, which came after being diagnosed with stage 4 liver cancer. NC Education Lottery "I recently got diagnosed with stage 4 liver cancer," Beare said in a news release from the North Carolina Education Lottery. "I want to travel while I can still enjoy myself. My wife has always wanted to go to Italy, since that’s where her descendants are from. Now I can take her." The retired auto mechanic is not a regular lottery player, but he stopped by a QuikTrip in Charlotte two weeks ago to buy Powerball tickets after his wife talked about the giant jackpot. He also decided to purchase four $5 Carolina Black lottery tickets. "The fourth one was the winner,'' he said. "When I saw that I had matching numbers, I asked (the clerk), 'What does it mean if I match the numbers?' She said it meant I won a prize. I told her, 'Well, I guess we just won $250,000 then.' She was in shock and just kept looking back and forth to me and the ticket." Beare will take home $176,876 after state and federal taxes. "This feels great," Beare said. "It's such a relief." Beare is the latest feel-good story to come out of the North Carolina lottery. In January, former presidential chef Roberto Mendoza also won $250,000 playing a scratch-off game, which he put toward funding a facility that feeds the homeless in a village in the Dominican Republic.<doc-sep>Stage 4 Cancer Patient Wins $250,000 Lottery, Plans to Take Wife to Italy: "It's Such a Relief' A man who was recently diagnosed with late stage cancer won a massive lottery prize — and is using the money to take his wife on her dream vacation to Europe. Richard Beare, a retired mechanic from North Carolina, said he does not usually play the lottery, but when the state’s Powerball hit the $250,000 mark two weeks ago, his wife pressed him to buy tickets. Get push notifications with news, features and more. “I rarely play the lottery,” Beare told the North Carolina Education Lottery. “I only stopped because my wife asked me to get a Powerball ticket since the jackpot was so high.” Beare headed to a local convenience store and bought four Carolina Black tickets. After scratching three of them with no prize to be found, it was the very last one that did the trick. “The fourth one was the winner,” Beare recalled. “When I saw that I had matching numbers, I asked her, ‘What does it mean if I match the numbers?’ She said it meant I won a prize. I told her, ‘Well, I guess we just won $250,000 then.’ She was in shock and just kept looking back and forth to me and the ticket.” The financial windfall is a stroke of luck for the couple who have run into challenging times as of late — Beare was diagnosed with advanced cancer shortly before winning the prize. RELATED VIDEO: Luckiest Man In California Wins Two Huge Lottery Prizes in Two Minutes “I recently got diagnosed with stage four liver cancer,” he explained. “I want to travel while I can still enjoy myself. My wife has always wanted to go to Italy, since that’s where her descendants are from. Now I can take her.” According to the Cleveland Clinic, stage 4 liver cancer typically means that the disease has spread to other locations in the body, often time the lungs and bone or blood vessels and lymph nodes. Liver cancer is treated using chemotherapy, surgery, radiation or transplant, and the 5-year survival rate for people who are diagnosed with stage 4 liver cancer is 11 percent. Beare claimed his prize on Monday, and after taking out state and federal tax, he was left with a $176,876 — a good chunk of change he never would have pocketed if not without the urging of his wife.<doc-sep>
Richard Beare cashed in his winning ticket on Monday in Raleigh, North Carolina. (CNN) — A North Carolina man and his wife are about to embark on a trip of a lifetime thanks to winning big on a scratch-off lottery ticket. Richard Beare of Charlotte took home the top prize of $250,000 from a $5 scratch-off game called Carolina Black. “I recently got diagnosed with stage 4 liver cancer,” said Beare in a statement from the NC Eduction Lottery. “I want to travel while I can still enjoy myself. My wife has always wanted to go to Italy, since that’s where her descendants are from. Now I can take her. ” Beare stopped at a convenience store two weeks ago to purchase a Powerball ticket his wife wanted. While inside the store, he also decided to test his luck on some scratch-off tickets. “I rarely play the lottery,” said Beare. “I only stopped because my wife asked me to get a Powerball ticket since the jackpot was so high.” Beare, a retired automotive mechanic, stood inside the store and scratched off the four tickets he bought. He couldn’t believe what he saw as he scratched off the last ticket, so he asked the clerk to double check it. “When I saw that I had matching numbers, I asked her, ‘What does it mean if I match the numbers?’ She said it meant I won a prize,” said Beare. “I told her, ‘Well, I guess we just won $250,000 then.’ She was in shock and just kept looking back and forth to me and the ticket.” Beare claimed his prize on Monday at the North Carolina lottery headquarters in Raleigh and took home $176,876 after taxes. The Carolina Black lottery ticket launched early March and has four top prizes of $250,000. Two top prizes remain, according to lotto officials.