Feel-good tale: Man gets $US7 million lottery ticket in get-well card
A man recovering from surgery has won $US7 million off a lottery ticket tucked into his get-well card.
Joseph Amorese, from Pennsylvania in the United States, got the ticket from his father, who lives in New York.
Amorese had just undergone hernia surgery. A few scratches later on the $US7 million Golden Ticket, and he was feeling great.
"I scratched the ticket and it was a good thing I was already sitting down because I was shocked. I was — and still am — in complete disbelief," Amorese said.
"I had surgery so I didn't jump up and down, but in my mind I was jumping up and down," the beaming winner recalled.
He sent a photo of the ticket to his dad, who agreed that it was a winner.
The 46-year-old Verizon employee then called his wife, Jodi, a social worker.
"I said, 'Honey, I think we won $7 million.' And there was silence on the other end for a long time. She was too stunned to talk," Amorese said.
Lottery officials presented Amorese with a ceremonial check at the dollar store in New City, New York, where the ticket was purchased.
The new multimillionaire and his wife plan to keep their jobs.
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