Best Get-Well Card Ever: Worth $7 Million

Joseph Amorese won $7 million because his dad sent him a get-well card.

The card had a $7,000,000 Golden Ticket scratch-off card inside. He won the first of four top prizes available, lottery officials said.

“I don’t play the Lottery at all, but my father is a retired hospital administrator-turned-avid Lottery player,” Amorese told lottery officials.

The 46-year-old Easton, PA resident said his father, who lives in Congers, tucked the life-changing game inside a card as a way to lift his son’s spirits while Amorese recovered at home from surgery.

“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. The surprised winner won his fortune by revealing an “automatic win” coin symbol printed above the $7,000,000 prize printed below.

Amorese said he immediately called his dad for a reality check. “I sent him a picture of the ticket and he said, ‘Yup, you won $7,000,000!’”

Amorese said the phone call he made to his wife, Jodi, a social worker, went a little differently.

“I said, Honey, I think we won $7,000,000. And there was silence on the other end for a long time. She was too stunned to talk.”

The winning ticket was purchased at Just a Dollar located at 20 North Main Street in New City.