Last week, a man in Montreal woke up to find that he and his wife had the winning numbers to the 42 million dollar Lotto 6-49 jackpot…or so the Montreal Gazette said.
Turns out they misprinted the numbers and the man had actually won nada. He is now suing for damages from those few hours he spent as a jubilant, but albeit mistaken, winner.
There’s a lesson to be learned here. If you think you may have just won 42 million dollars, get a second opinion. I think I’d rather not ever win than think I have only to find out, after all the money’s been spent in my head, that I was wrong.
Ouch.