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[tri]

I needed to share this. Me and my mom went to a convenient store and my mom had 4 lotto tickets she forgets to check them and the earliest one was from August. So when we were getting our stuff she was like I have lotto tickets lets check them and to the checker she said it would be nice to win $10 to pay for the dinner which we were going to soon. So we arrive at the checker machine and I scan the first ticket and long behold $10 and my mom starts jumping up and down saying I won! I won! lol I was laughing and shocked how just a minute ago she was like I hope I win $10. People started looking and my next thought was people thought she won the lottery. The reason she was so happy because she told me the last time she won $10 was 20 years ago. So I scan the next 2 and they were duds. The next won I can and I see $81.10 and I was like my mom is lucky today. lol So we go up and cash them in and I guy walks up with a $137 winning ticket but the sad part was it looked like he had 5 tickets with a bunch of encore and my mom had no encore $2 ticket for each winner and he spent the rest on more lotto tickets.

[ElBastardoVerde]

I literally have no idea what I just read.

[Chappy]

I literally have no idea what I just read.

I kinda feel like this towards the end. Congrats on winning dinner(I believe so) and with the end part

[Frizzle]

Ha. Poor people.

[luvsmyncis]

Yeah, my mom would totally get excited about $10 from a lotto ticket. I just think they're a waste though. Think about how much you spend on the lotto every day, compared to how much you win every once and a while, and you'll realize you'd have more money if you stopped buying lottery tickets.

Ha. Poor people.

So mean. He's lucky he got to eat dinner.

[kidbit]

Yeah, my mom would totally get excited about $10 from a lotto ticket. I just think they're a waste though. Think about how much you spend on the lotto every day, compared to how much you win every once and a while, and you'll realize you'd have more money if you stopped buying lottery tickets.

But that's basically how the whole betting thing works, right? You never get anything, until one day you get an insignificant amount of money and this motivates you to continue trying...

[tri]

Yeah, my mom would totally get excited about $10 from a lotto ticket. I just think they're a waste though. Think about how much you spend on the lotto every day, compared to how much you win every once and a while, and you'll realize you'd have more money if you stopped buying lottery tickets.



So mean. He's lucky he got to eat dinner.

Well my mom only plays them about once a month and this was just a lucky thing thinking she lost her job and that I guess. Good things happen to good people she said. Though the guy who was in front of us and won $137 spent it all on more tickets. She said that $90 would cover basically all her lotto costs she ever spent.

[Elle]

$10 pays for dinner over there?
I don't think i've ever bought myself a lotto ticket, but one day I found a vintage Hermes bag in an op/recycled store which I now know is worth well over $1000. Muahahaha.

[Drakonid]

$10 pays for dinner over there?
I don't think i've ever bought myself a lotto ticket, but one day I found a vintage Hermes bag in an op/recycled store which I now know is worth well over $1000. Muahahaha.

Costs=/=is worth

[Kurtle]

Someone I knew from school just won £50,000 on a scratch card. That's pretty cool. But then he posted it on facebook.... which is kinda dumb if you ask me!

[MissSunshine]

Grats to OP!

Someone I knew from school just won £50,000 on a scratch card. That's pretty cool. But then he posted it on facebook.... which is kinda dumb if you ask me!

Not really, that amount is large enough to be (very) happy about, but not large enough for someone to bother planning to steal it... though I guess that may depend on how rich/poor the people in your area are.