Lottery millionaires' 'dreams came true' after learning son is cancer free

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sweetie7398 — Sun, 05 Jan 2020 15:22:57 GMT

Celebrations are in order

Cancer free son and a nice jackpot .

Continued blessings to them

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dannyct — Sun, 05 Jan 2020 00:56:53 GMT

It is great start to the New Year, health and wealth. I think they were unwise to go public and to quit their jobs so quickly. The should have retained their anonymity, whatever they do with the money will be covered by the media. While I can understand that they might want to give up their jobs, they should have waited six months before making any big decisions. Maybe, there should be a cooling off period, for large wins. If people had to wait six months to collect their prize money, they would... [ More ]

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sully16 — Sat, 04 Jan 2020 16:11:02 GMT

Awesome story, I hope he stays cancer free and has a long happy healthy life.

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dannyct — Sat, 04 Jan 2020 00:25:31 GMT

I agree, it is a relatively small jackpot. I hope they get good, independent, professional advice on how to manage their newfound financial security. If they want to money to last, they really need to manage it well.

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Unluckyone — Fri, 03 Jan 2020 20:25:17 GMT

Not sure what I would choose. My child being cancer free with no guarantee of the cancer not coming back or a big lottery win. I tend to lean towards my child being cancer free and in the case of this couple, their reward being the big lottery win which is a double bonus

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music* — Fri, 03 Jan 2020 18:33:41 GMT

I totally agree with you Bleudog101. Happy Wife, Happy Life

These relatively small jackpots mean a lot to winners. Especially this family.

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Bleudog101 — Fri, 03 Jan 2020 16:02:19 GMT

Congratulations and with all the negativity going around this is so refreshing. Without your health wealth doesn't mean a thing. Let them have their cake and eat it too, so happy for their Son. Cancer in kids sucks.

Lottery millionaires' 'dreams came true' after learning son is cancer free

Lottery Post — Fri, 03 Jan 2020 14:52:38 GMT

It is just like all of our lifelong dreams came true.

That was the joyful expression of a UK couple who won a 2 million (US$2.6 million) lottery jackpot three days before finding out that their teenage son was clear of cancer.

John and Allison McDonald have described how their their Lucky Dip ticket matched all six numbers to scoop the Lotto jackpot on Wednesday, December 18.

Three days later, Mr. and Mrs. McDonald, from Stockton on Tees, were given the news that their 15-year-old son,... [ More ]