Man with Stage 4 Cancer has Big Plans for his Lottery Winnings

Richard Beare of Charlotte, New Carolina was recently diagnosed with state 4 liver cancer. Somehow the silver linings of the clouds shined through, and the man also just won $250,000 in the North Carolina Education Lottery.

Beare says he rarely plays the lottery, and stopped at the store for the Powerball ticket because his wife wanted him to purchase one. He also bought four scratch-off tickets, the last of which was a big winner. Beare was at first confused by the ticket, asking the clerk, “What does it mean if I match the numbers?”

After taxes the man will be bringing home $176,876, and says he plans on traveling to Italy with his wife because she has always wanted to visit. Beare says he wants to do it “while I can still enjoy myself.”

See Mark Price, Man with Stage 4 Cancer has Big Plans for his Lottery Winnings, MSN, April 2, 2019.