Cancer Patient Wins $200,000 Lottery Prize on Last Day of Chemo: ‘I Saw Zeros and Froze!’

Cancer Patient Wins $200,000 Lottery Prize on Last Day of Chemo: ‘I Saw Zeros and Froze!’
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A cancer patient undergoing chemotherapy had an extraordinary surprise en route to his final round of treatment. Fancying his chances, he stopped to buy a lottery ticket. After scratching off the panel, the man was confronted by a series of zeros: five zeros, to be exact.

Ronnie Foster, a retired Department of Transportation employee, pulled over on his way to the hospital to buy a $1 “Win It All” scratch lottery ticket from a convenience store in Beulaville, North Carolina. A habitual player, Foster used the modest $5 win from his first ticket to buy a second more expensive ticket. Then, feeling lucky, he shelled out for a third.