Massachusetts lottery winner gifted $1 million ticket after open-heart surgery
Global News
It was the second time Alexander McLeish won on a ticket given to him by his friend, Larry.
Alexander McLeish has a big decision to make: How much of his $1 million lotto ticket winnings should he give to the pal who gifted him the winning ticket in a get-well-soon card?
McLeish, of Attleboro, Mass., was recovering from open-heart surgery when his friend Larry dropped by with a card and three scratch tickets to wish him a return to good health.
One of the cards started off with a good omen — McLeish first scratched his initials A, W and M on the crossword puzzle-style ticket in the $5,000,000 100X Cashword game.
The next word he scratched — HEART — had to be a sign, surely? He was, after all, recovering from heart surgery.
The Coca-Cola worker went on scratch 10 more words, earning the game’s second-highest prize.
“We double-checked it, triple-checked and quadruple-checked it because you want to make sure it’s real before you mention it to anybody,” Mr McLeish told the Boston Herald.
“It was a little bit of disbelief at first but then it settled in and it was like wow, I can’t believe this happened, you know?”
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