After having undergone open-heart surgery, one Massachusetts man recently had quite the stroke of luck while recovering from a severe surgical procedure.
In a story that has been warming hearts across the internet, Alexander McLeish's life has been massively changed not only by his life-saving surgery but by a lottery ticket that was given to him inside of a get-well card.
The tickets that Mr McLeish received included a 'Cashword instant ticket game,' according to the Massachusetts State Lottery Commission.
One of the three tickets that he received just happened to be worth a great deal of money!
As Mr McLeish scratched off letters on his scratch-card to see if he had won a prize, the first three letters that he scratched off were actually his initials.
This was a pretty good omen, especially considering what happened next.
Mr McLeish has since claimed his prize money in the form of a one-time cash payment. The store from which the ticket was purchased will also receive a $10, 000 bonus for selling the winning ticket.
Previously, Mr McLeish won $1,000 on the lottery. However, what is staggering is that his previous winning ticket was also a gift from a friend of his, last time it being a birthday present — and it was from the same friend!
Clearly we all need to get Mr McLeigh's friend to buy us all lottery tickets!
His friend must be one lucky person...or one hell of an unlucky person depending on how you look at it!
