Richard Beare
CHARLOTTE — The North Carolina Lottery has brightened the day of a man recently diagnosed with Stage Four liver cancer.
Richard Beare of Charlotte says he will be taking his wife on a dream vacation after winning $250,000.
“I recently got diagnosed with stage 4 liver cancer,” Beare said in an interview with 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.”
Beare, a retired mechanic, doesn’t typically play the lottery. Two weeks ago however he decided to stop at a QuickTrip after his wife mentioned the Powerball jackpot that exceeded $700 million. He instead opted for $20 worth of Carolina Black scratch 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 receive $176,876 after all applicable taxes and fees.
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