Gaston veteran battling cancer needs more than lottery luck
The odds may seem about equal to winning a big North Carolina Education Lottery jackpot, but Gastonia resident Billy Rooks hopes that if someone has found approximately 150 lottery tickets in a Ziplock bag that they'll come forward and return them to him. The 77-year-old retired Navy veteran has been buying lottery tickets for more than 20 years, specifically the Powerball and Carolina Cash 5 games. Suffering from terminal cancer, he hopes to to win a jackpot to build a nest egg for Veronica Rooks, his wife of 52 years. He secures his tickets in a plastic bag, but recently lost the unchecked...
Source: gastongazette.com