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Newspaper misprint destroys couple's lotto dreams
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Newspaper misprint destroys couple's lotto dreams
How about this: You wake up and check your Sunday paper to find that you've won the lottery. But then you learn that the newspaper printed the wrong numbers.
That's what happened to a Colorado couple this weekend.
"I woke up and found out we were millionaires," said Jim Sprague. "Went kind of a case of going from rags to riches and back to rags again."
That's because when Jim and his wife Dorothy looked in the newspaper Sunday morning, they saw that their ticket for Saturday night's $4.3 million lottery drawing matched, all six numbers.
It turns out, however, the newspaper had mistakenly published wrong numbers.
"We had told my son and my daughter, and we were getting ready to tell our other kids, but we found the mistake that it was wrong, so it's a good thing that I didn't talk to too many people," Jim said .
The Spragues are able to laugh about the ordeal now, but they admit they're still a bit frustrated.
"I tried calling them yesterday, Sunday, as soon as we found it - as they said in the paper to call the front desk. I called and got a recording," Jim said.
The paper could not be reached for comment. It should be noted that the newspaper published a retraction - faulting the error on misinformation and an oversight.
Jim says the experience won't keep him from playing the lotto in the future. "I hope that I'll find the right numbers one of these days," he said.
That's what happened to a Colorado couple this weekend.
"I woke up and found out we were millionaires," said Jim Sprague. "Went kind of a case of going from rags to riches and back to rags again."
That's because when Jim and his wife Dorothy looked in the newspaper Sunday morning, they saw that their ticket for Saturday night's $4.3 million lottery drawing matched, all six numbers.
It turns out, however, the newspaper had mistakenly published wrong numbers.
"We had told my son and my daughter, and we were getting ready to tell our other kids, but we found the mistake that it was wrong, so it's a good thing that I didn't talk to too many people," Jim said .
The Spragues are able to laugh about the ordeal now, but they admit they're still a bit frustrated.
"I tried calling them yesterday, Sunday, as soon as we found it - as they said in the paper to call the front desk. I called and got a recording," Jim said.
The paper could not be reached for comment. It should be noted that the newspaper published a retraction - faulting the error on misinformation and an oversight.
Jim says the experience won't keep him from playing the lotto in the future. "I hope that I'll find the right numbers one of these days," he said.
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