Dallas, Texas (CaymanMama.com) — According to BBCNews.com, Jon Matthew, a 59-year-old mesothelioma victim who was given a few months to live by doctors, placed two bets on his life, each for 100 pounds at odds of 50/1 that he would live through June 2009.
According to the report, “He placed two bets, each with a £100 stake at odds of 50/1, that he would be alive in June 2008 and in June 2009.”
Jon will collect £5,000 on June 1, 2009. The winner said, “I think I’m the first person in the world to bet on my own life. When I was diagnosed I was told mesothelioma was a death sentence. I wasn’t that fussed because everyone has to die some time. But the interesting thing for me was how long it would take - would it take weeks or years?”
Such bets have been heard or seen before. Graham Sharpe’s spokesman, William Hill confirmed that Jon had himself approached them with the bet saying that such bet would help in fight mesothelioma cancer.
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