Kids' birthdays add up to winning lottery ticket
Posted November 04, 2017 7:00 am
CHICAGO (AP) - A suburban Chicago man who used his children's birthdays as numbers on a lottery ticket is $400,000 richer.
The Illinois Lottery says that Ramone Houston's Lucky Day Lotto ticket in the October 14 midday drawing matched all five numbers.
The Glenwood man bought the ticket at a convenience store in Chicago Heights.
The Illinois Lottery says that Houston plans to buy a house with the money he won.
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