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Easton man wins $7 million from lottery ticket in get-well card─── 02:20 Thu, 26 Mar 2015
New York State Lottery draw team member Gretchen Dizer, left, presents Joseph and Jodi Amorese, of Easton, Pa., with a ceremonial check for $7 million for winning the New York Lottery at a store in New City, N.Y., Wednesday, March 25, 2015. While recovering from surgery, Joseph Amorese received... (Rickey Flores / AP)
NEW CITY, N.Y. — An Easton man recovering from surgery has won $7 million off a lottery ticket tucked into his get-well card.
Joseph Amorese got the ticket from his father, who lives in the hamlet of Congers in Rockland County, New York.
Amorese had just undergone hernia surgery. A few scratches later on the "$7 million Golden Ticket," and he was feeling great.
Amorese had just undergone hernia surgery. A few scratches later on the "$7 million Golden Ticket," and he was feeling great.
"I scratched the ticket and it was a good thing I was already sitting down because I was shocked. I was — and still am — in complete disbelief," Amorese said.
"I had surgery so I didn't jump up and down, but in my mind I was jumping up and down," the beaming winner said Wednesday.
He sent a photo of the ticket to his dad, who agreed that it was a winner.
The 46-year-old Verizon employee then called his wife, Jodi, a social worker.
"I said, 'Honey, I think we won $7 million.' And there was silence on the other end for a long time. She was too stunned to talk," Amorese said.
Lottery officials presented Amorese with a ceremonial check at the dollar store in New City, N.Y., where the ticket was purchased.
The new multimillionaire and his wife plan to keep their jobs.
