Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Could Be Worse Department: All Your Co-Workers Might Have Won the Lottery

Posted By on Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 12:10 PM

A lesson for you cheapskates out there: it might be worth throwing in a dollar to the office lottery pool just so this doesn't happen to you:

He didn't think Lady Luck was on his side — and now he's out millions.

A hapless state information-technology worker who usually joined his office lottery pool took a pass last week — only to learn that seven positive-thinking pals nailed a whopping $319 million Mega Millions jackpot, said a deli owner who knows the winners.

"The word is that when they were going around the office asking who wanted in on the pool, one guy said no, that he wasn't feeling lucky," said Jill Cook, who with husband Tom owns Cook's Deli in Albany, where the winners are lunchtime regulars.
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"They asked him twice. They said, 'Are you sure?' and he said yeah, he was going to pass this time. I feel horrible for him," Jill said.

The number of players in the pool varied from week to week, she said, and the identity of the mystery loser — who could have won a $16 million after-tax share under the lottery's lump-sum option — was as elusive as those of the big winners, who sources say worked in IT for the state Homes and Community Renewal agency.

[Daily What]

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