Dying man wins bet on living
source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/beds/bucks/herts/7429950.stm
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A terminally-ill man has collected £5,000 after placing a bet that he would live past doctors' predictions. Jon Matthews was diagnosed with a rare form of lung cancer in April 2007 and given just nine months to live.
But the 58-year-old, from Milton Keynes, made a £100 bet at 50-1 that he would beat the survival odds. It has now been 25 months and a week since Mesolthelioma was diagnosed. The former car dealer said he would give half the money paid out by bookers William Hill to the Macmillan cancer charity.
"The other half I'm going to spend on myself - booze and fags probably - I don't have anything to lose," he said.
But the 58-year-old, from Milton Keynes, made a £100 bet at 50-1 that he would beat the survival odds. It has now been 25 months and a week since Mesolthelioma was diagnosed. The former car dealer said he would give half the money paid out by bookers William Hill to the Macmillan cancer charity.
"The other half I'm going to spend on myself - booze and fags probably - I don't have anything to lose," he said.
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BenDorries
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Oh man, this guy gives hope to the hopeless. Such a good way to live. And die.
- 3 years ago
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BenDorries
