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Man bets on life and wins
Published: 04 June, 2008, 12:23
Edited: 15 May, 2010, 22:48
A terminally ill man in the UK has won a bet that he would stay alive. Eight months ago doctors told him ‘not to make any plans for Christmas’. Last Sunday he collected £5,000 for outliving the grim forecasts, reports the Guardian newspaper.
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This man has now sadly died, failing to collect on his third bet that he would be alive in June 2010. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/beds/bucks/herts/8674598.stm