Mankind has created spectacular works of art, engineered incredibly tall buildings, designed impressive supercomputers, lived in outerspace, discovered cures for nasty diseases. As a whole, nothing can compare to human intelligence, but sometimes, humans are born losers.

Salesman is a Lott worse off

Dec 2 2006 - The Sun
SALESMAN Chris Tibbetts pulled out of his works’ lottery syndicate just HOURS before they scooped a £5.2million share of the jackpot.

Last week he told colleagues he believed his £1.50 could be better spent elsewhere.

And he even joked with the 18-strong syndicate that their luck would change now he was not in it any more.

That night, they each scooped £288,000 on EuroMillions.

Chris, 56, who works at Arcelor Auto Processing factory in Willenhall, West Midlands, said: “I was the only one in the office who had not won. It is hard but not the end of the world. Nobody died.”