A Chatsworth, Georgia, man claimed a lottery jackpot from the Georgia Lottery after playing his late wife's special numbers.
David Greeson, 51, was one of three players to win a $77,921 jackpot prize from the Feb. 25 Fantasy 5 drawing, matching all five winning numbers.
The winning numbers from the drawing were 5, 7, 11, 23, and 31.
David Greeson knows those numbers by heart. Not because they won him $78,000, but because they remind him of his late wife.
"Her birthday was 11/23/57 and we were married on the 31st of October. Since her passing on December 6th, I've played those numbers every night. 5 , 7, 11, 23, 31."
Greeson admits, he's always played the lottery at least a few times a week with numbers that have meaning. But for the last 3 months since his wife of 26 years, Kathy, passed away Greeson has played these numbers every single night.... 7 days a week.
Then one day, a couple weeks ago, he won.
"I looked on my phone, punched up fantasy 5, and seen 5, 7, 11, 23, 35, and first thing I said was 'Kathy, our numbers hit."
Kathy's death came suddenly. She died within a couple weeks of being diagnosed with lymphoma cancer.
Greeson says his wife loved to travel. That's why he wants to use the money to go back to the places where they created so many memories.
And while Greeson says the money is a nice bonus, ultimately, the jackpot was matching those numbers. "I hope it's a sign from her that she's ok."
The total purse that David could have won was $230,000, but 2 other people in Georgia also had those lucky numbers. No word on why those people chose those numbers.
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Congratz!! R.I.P Kathy.
Nice win! Sorry to hear about his wife.
well if that wasn't a sign I dunno what would be hehehe
I hope he spends the money wisely and enjoys self
Nice story, terrible to lose a spouse at that age.
Wish he could have won it all but he'll be able to take some nice vacations with that.
God Bless him.
Shows u power of spirits
That is a very sweet story!
Good story!
This might just be the sweetest and saddest lottery story I've ever read. He sounds like a wonderful person who loved his wife. Very happy for him even though his story brought tears to my eyes. I wish him all the best.
One of the best wins i've seen in a while.
Congratulation Mr.Greeson may your wife RIP.
Conratulations to the Gleesons.
No one won the N.J. Pick 6 Jackpot on 3/13/14. The winning numbers :3-11-13 -30-35-37.
The Jackpot is now $8.2 M.
Indeed.
These are my kinda lotto stories. Rarely does it get any better than this.
Most certainly.
She's sending him a message from the other side. Congratulations Mr. Gleeson
This story reminds me of a family friend of ours who was a nursing aid in NY. For years she work for this older lady and they would always talk about winning thye lottery one day. After the lady died, our family friend had a dream in which she saw the lady and they talked abou 6 six numbers. No lie. She got up, wrote the numbers down and on that saturday forgot/dismissed it and didnt buy the local State lottery like she normally did. Guess what? Yep! ALL SIX NUMBERS came up.
Last Christmas when the Mega Millions was going through the roof she sat and told us how she has never gotten over it. Not so much because she missed out on a good chunk of cash, but because she felt like she let the old lady down. She also laments a missed opportunity. An opportunity she beleives was ordained for her to do something special (help others ect.). She cried talking about it.
Sorry for the gloomy story, just wanted to point out that these things do happen.
ABSOLUTELY!!!! No other way to see it maringo
If i'm not mistaken, wasn't there a similar story a few years ago about a guy who lost his mom and few weeks later had a dream in which he saw her and they talked about some numbers? After having the dream he went out and bought about $800 worth of tickets of the same numbers. He was so confident that he would have won that he increased his winnings by millions, i think it was like one of those pick 5 lotteries, where instead of winning like $100k, because he purchased so many winning tickets, he ended up with something like $5 Million. Anyone remember this?
I believe in these things you know.
Sad that his wife passed but she is definitely looking over him.
I remember. It was such an amazing story, hard to forget.
Great story, He's got an Angel, Congrats and enjoy.
If the winning numbers were 5,7,11,23 and 31 how did he win the jackpot with the numbers 5,7,11,23 and 35?
I think it may have been a typo. The article initially mentioned that he did play 5,7,11,23 and 31
Congrats to him.
His wife is definately watching over him from heaven!
Nice... hope this eases his pain... even just a little bit.
god listens
I feel bad for your family friend. I hope she wins something so that she can heal.
That's why playing the same set of numbers could also potentially destroy a man. Imagine skipping a drawing because of some silly thing as a lottery terminal malfunction at your favorite store and your numbers showing up? I get sick to even think about it.
How sweet brought tears to my eyes as well
Congratulations Mr. and Mrs. Greeson on your exhilarating and powerful joint jackpot win!!!
Got to read these stories completely before posting a response. My what a chilling story! Yes, may Mrs. Gleeson RIP.
My condolences are in order as well as congratualtions.
I didn't notice any odd responses, yours or others.
Sad he lost his wife, but he will use the money he won with her numbers to honor her memory.
i think he ows her a thank you.lucky loving departed wife.