Cancer man wins £10,000 bet ... by not dying
A cancer patient who refused to accept his doctor's prognosis that he had only months to live, and placed a bet that he would live another year, has won £10,000. Jon Matthews, from Milton Keynes, was diagnosed as being terminally ill in early 2007 and docs told him he was unlikely to survive until the end of the year.
But Jon refused to accept the news and bet £100 at his local bookies he would live to June 2008. When he did he pocketed £5,000 winnings. Today Jon picked up an additional £5,000 after making it another year.
He also placed a £100 bet, this time at 100/1, that he will live till June 1 2010. If he makes it he will this time win £10,000.
Asked if he was confident on winning again Jon said he would bet his life on it.
"We had never been asked to accept a bet of this nature before, but as Jon approached us directly and was adamant that it would give him an additional incentive to battle his illness, we offered him the bets he wanted," said William Hill spokesman Graham Sharpe.
"Never, in thirty years in the business,have I been so pleased to pay a winning client £10,000 with, I trust, a further £10,000 to come next year"
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"Never, in thirty years in the business,have I been so pleased to pay a winning client £10,000 with, I trust, a further £10,000 to come next year"
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