Category: Lottery Losers

Of course, this makes so much sense!

A cab driver in Athens, Georgia, is really upset right now.  Stephen Jones played last week’s Mega Millions, where you have to pick 6 numbers to win the big jackpot.  Here is how he picked his numbers:

– his age (46)
– his age plus one (47)
– his wife’s age (39)
– birthday of first child (5)
– birthday of second child (8)
– birthday of third child (21)

Here are how the winning inumbers came up:  6, 11, 26, 39, 46, 47

As you can see, he matched 3 numbers out of the 6. 

Ask Evelyn Adams how great it was to win the lottery.  She won’t give it a strong endorsement.

“Winning the lottery isn’t always what it’s cracked up to be,” Adams comments.  “I won the American dream but I lost it, too. It was a very hard fall. It’s called rock bottom.”

Adams won the New Jersey Lottery in 1985 and 1986.  Her total winnings were $5.4 million.

She says that the hardest part was everyone wanting some of her money.  “Everybody had their hand out.