Jun 02
Jon Matthews, 58, was diagnosed with mesoÂthelioma (a form of lung cancer), in April 2006. Doctors gave him only few months to live and told him “Don’t make plans for Christmas.”
Jon Matthews rang William Hill ( a well known bookie) in June 2007 and they gave him odds of 50/1 if he could survive until June 2008.
He placed a bet of £100 and is today £5,000 richer.
“The longest they knew of anyone surviving it after diagnosis was 25 months,” Matthews said. “But today is 25 months and a week.”
Half of the money will be donated by Matthews to the Macmillan cancer charity.
