Imagine You Were Suddenly Laid Off Work, Then Hours Later Got A Mysterious Call From The Lottery Organiser

That's what happened to a group of workers in Ottawa, Canada. They won Lotto 6/49 just hours after layoff notices were handed out in their company. CBC The National, Aug 12, 2011.

A group of workers at a Canadian factory were given notice, and in the morning were handed their marching orders. Sucks, doesn't it? No - because just hours later they were told that their syndicate had won the Lotto 649 jackpot of just over $7 Million. Wow! Talk about a narrow escape for the 18 workers in the lotto pool. That gave them about $400,000 each... a nice retirement stop-gap amount. The world is full of happy ending stories like these!