Joseph Amorese, of Easton, Pennsylvania, was recovering from a hernia operation when his father gave him the card with the winning ticket inside.
The 46-year-old scratched off the numbers to find he had won $7million, Sky News reports.
Recalling the life-changing moment, the lucky winner said: "I was pretty shocked to say the least.
"I had surgery so I didn't jump up and down, but in my mind I was jumping up and down.
"All the pain I felt, I did not feel for at least a couple of days."
The Verizon employee said he called his wife, a social worker, and was met with a stunned silence as he told her they were millionaires.
He said he and his wife would continue working despite the windfall.
The $7,000,000 Golden Ticket" was bought from a Just A Dollar store in New York City.
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