Athens, GA - A disgruntled cab driver in Athens, Georgia has filed a lawsuit against his children for being born on dates that didn’t match any numbers in last week’s MegaMillions drawing. Stephen Jones, 46, filed the suit against his three children whose names were not released due to their status as minors.
The winning numbers for the drawing held on May 16 were 6,11,39,46,47 and the Mega Ball was 26. Mr. Jones said his strategy was to play his age(46), his wife’s age(39), his age plus one(47), and the birth days of his three children(5,8,21). While the first three numbers matched, none of the children’s birth days came up. Although the ticket did not win the jackpot it still earned a free ticket for matching three numbers.
The suit seeks $196 million in damages, the amount Mr. Jones would have won if his children had been born on the 6th, 11th, and 26th of the month.
A lawyer for the defendants called the lawsuit “ridiculous” and said “the only person who had any control over the birthdates of my clients–besides their mother–was the plaintiff himself. If Mr. Jones wanted to win the lottery so bad, he should have planned his child rearing activities on a better schedule.”