I changed my regular schedule on Monday, and ventured over to Sis-Town to shop at the Save A Lot. I found some sausage patties that were mushroom and swiss! Hick grilled them Tuesday night, and really liked them. Of course while I was in town, I stopped by the Casey's to get some scratchers. I'm usually there on Thursdays, not on a Monday.
Anyhoo... with the winners I cashed in, I had enough for an extra $5 ticket. Normally, I would get an extra crossword ticket. They're my favorite. But I saw another ticket that was practically glowing. It looked much brighter than the other tickets. So I picked it. That's how I get some of my big winners. They just LOOK different. Catch my attention right away, and compel me to purchase them. Of course, sometimes those tickets are dirty, dirty liars!
They LOSE! Like this one...
As you can see, this ticket is nothing special. It's been around for many months. It's not bright colors. There's no fancy design. No reason to catch my eye unless it was sending my WINdar a special signal. I bought it. Scratched it. Found out it was a loser. Scanned it to make sure. And set it on the counter to throw away.
When Hick came home Tuesday afternoon, he had a story to tell.
"Me and Old Buddy was working out at Nick and Bev's house this morning. Old Buddy couldn't wait to get done and get back here. His girlfriend won $1000 yesterday on a lottery ticket! They were driving to St. Louis to cash it in."
"WHAT? Which kind of ticket? Where did she get it?"
"I think it was called something like Lots of 500s. He said it was a $5 ticket. She got it at the Sis-Town Casey's."
"NOOOO! I bought one of those tickets at the Sis-Town Casey's yesterday! I guess she was probably there before me. I got there around 4:00."
"No. It would have been after that. He said he let her take the car up there that evening."
So close! I wish I knew what number her ticket was. We'll probably never know. I doubt they remember. Unless you're an addicted avid scratcher scratcher, you don't notice things like that.
I suppose the good news is that my WINdar is still functioning, but just needs re-calibrating. Because indeed, there was a BIG WINNER on that roll of tickets!
Yup. Scratchers are like that. In 1997, we won $2,000! My brother was dying in Illinois, and we would go back (from CA) there when the time came, which was a day later. The $$ paid for plane tickets and a suit for husband. Exactly. God knew.
ReplyDeleteSorry about your brother, but congrats on that win. I DO believe that The Universe works in mysterious ways. There are many times when we had an unexpected expense, and then I won that amount on the lottery, or got a refund from something else during the same week.
DeleteVery similar result as what I see when I buy scratchers which I have now given up one, I probably mentioned that back when I had my last loser.
ReplyDeleteI think I remember that. I am used to having losing streaks, and winning streaks. To me, it's worse to be SO CLOSE to a big winner, on a ticket from where I just bought that kind! I rather just lose and not know how close I was.
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