A friend encouraged a man who underwent surgery and made him rich having received a lottery ticket as a gift along with a postcard with a wish of recovery. This was reported by the UPI news agency.
Alexander MacLish said that he had recently undergone open-heart surgery, and thanks to this he received a large sum of money. To cheer him up, a friend brought a postcard containing several instant lottery tickets.
One of the tickets featured the word “Heart” and the patient's initials were the first letters to reveal under the protective layer. The ticket brought the man a million dollar winnings.
McLeish emphasized that a few years ago the same friend gave him a lottery ticket for his birthday. Then the man won a prize of one thousand dollars.
The American arrived at the lottery headquarters and preferred to pick up the winnings not in installments, but in a one-time payment. According to the lottery rules, the amount he received turned out to be less and amounted to $ 650 thousand before taxes.
Earlier it was reported that a resident of the American County of Calloway, Missouri, got rich thanks to a modest gift from her son – a lottery ticket, which brought she won 100 thousand dollars. The American plans to use the money received to buy a new truck for her son and go on a trip.