Sonia Davies was feeling “so lucky” after successfully undergoing surgery, she phoned her family and urged them to buy a lottery ticket immediately.
The request has paid huge dividends - with the Davies family taking out the $107 million (£61 million) prize.
The Welsh family, from Monmouthshire in Wales, received a call from Sonia, 53, who declared she was "on a roll" days after beating a deadly tumour after undergoing keyhole surgery at a world-leading treatment centre in Tampa, Florida.
She told her daughter Stephanie, 23, to enter the lottery prize.
The tickets were purchased with just 40 minutes to spare.
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Ms Davies' ‘gut instinct’ proved correct, the family scooped £61,102,442,90 on the winning ticket.
“Not only did I feel like I had cheated death,” Ms Davies told the BBC.
“I felt we were on a roll that day so just thought why not do the lottery?
“I felt so lucky, it felt like everything was shining down on us. I feel like I’ve cheated death as well as becoming a multi-millionairess.”
The prize will be equally shared with Ms Davies partner Keith Reynolds, and daughters Courtney and Stephanie and her partner.
