Man gets $7 million lottery ticket in get-well card.

NEW CITY, N.Y. -- A Pennsylvania man recovering from surgery has won $7 million off a lottery ticket tucked into his get-well card.

Joseph Amorese, of Easton, 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.

''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 recalled Wednesday.

He sent a photo of the ticket to his dad, who agreed that it was a winner.

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