It has been a big week for Harold McDowell, of Lakewood, New Jersey, and not because of Christmas. On Friday, doctors confirmed that his wife was cancer free, after multiple surgeries for liver cancer and hospital stays for colon cancer. Then on Saturday afternoon he won $1m (£790,000) at a casino in Atlantic City. Mr McDowell, 85, bet just $5 in a game of poker and hit a six-card royal straight flush of diamonds. The casino, Borgata Hotel, said the odds had been just one in 20,348,320. He was dealt the 10, queen and ace of diamonds. The dealer's hand was the nine, jack and king of diamonds. Mr McDowell put his win ... (full story)