Seven employees from New York's Homes and Community Renewal agency recently won the state's $319 million Mega Millions lottery jackpot. The eighth employee in the office didn't win anything because he passed on buying a ticket with his co-workers. Had he done so, he would have won $16 million. Jill Cook, who owns Cook's Deli in Albany, where the winners are lunchtime regulars, says, "The word is that when they were going around the office asking who wanted in on the pool, one guy said no, that he wasn't feeling lucky. They asked him twice. They said, 'Are you sure?' and he said yeah, he was going to pass this time. I feel horrible for him."
