lady fighting breast cancer wins lottery for the 2nd time - WHIO

MECKLENBURG COUNTY, N.C. —

A North Carolina woman struggling with breast melanoma is celebrating after she won a $250,000 lottery prize, marking her second large win in three months.

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Gina short and her husband won $1 million within the top-rated millions 2d-opportunity drawing in February, in response to state lottery officers. The couple was back on Wednesday to decide on up their prize in the All or Nothing video game. After federal and state taxes, they obtained simply over $173,000.

"We're nevertheless in disbelief mode," brief talked about.

brief had her husband prefer up a $2 ticket for the All or Nothing video game at a Publix in Cornelius, North Carolina on April 29. To win the appropriate prize, a player has to healthy all 12 numbers or none of them, in response to the North Carolina schooling Lottery. brief didn't healthy any quantity.

"We variety of didn't trust it," she pointed out. "We checked the equal ticket six or seven times because we notion we misinterpret it."

Gina brief's husband, Len short, talked about the winnings would go toward his wife's battle with breast cancer. She became diagnosed six years in the past and is at the moment present process chemotherapy.

"For us to have the first rate fortune of winning now not just one huge prize however two, we are only very thankful for that," Len short referred to. "we will use the cash for Gina. She's the precedence. She's No. 1."