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British cancer patient wins £5,000 bet2 June 2008MILTON KEYNES, England -- As reported by The Guardian: "A terminally ill man, who was told he had a few months to live after being diagnosed with cancer, collected £5,000 from the bookmakers yesterday. "Doctors had told Jon Matthews it was unlikely he would live to see Christmas after discovering he had mesothelioma - a cancer linked to asbestos. The 58-year-old, from Milton Keynes, placed a £100 bet that he would still be around in a year. "…He said half the money would go to the cancer charity Macmillan…" |