Man who made bet on beating cancer dies

A Buckinghamshire cancer sufferer who won £10,000 betting he would live longer than expected has died at the age of 60.

Jon Matthews from Milton Keynes was diagnosed in 2006 with mesothelioma, a disease linked to asbestos, and was told he had months to live.



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.

Mr Matthews was admitted to hospital on Sunday 2 May and died two days later. He had placed a third wager which would have earned him a further £10,000 if he had lived until 1 June 2010.