As I’ve said, my parents own a gas station. They sell lottery tickets. When your pop wakes up from sleeping and asks you how the lottery is going, you know it’s kind of important to him. Having helped out as a store manager, I know how much it brings in weekly and how much it can bring in when there’s a big jackpot. Grossing a grand a day for a business open 24-7-365 is a lot of money for any business. Hence the concern about how it’s going.
I bought 2 or 3 tickets in past 2 weeks to make sure my pop was still in the game. No big surprises here. Not even a free ticket to play again.
I read Claire’s post. I’m not sure why people spend so much money on it. It was rush hour on the 6th, the night before the big Powerball draw for about $220 million. There’s only one lottery register and the line for it was out the door.
I like to fantasize about winning the lottery and becoming a great philanthropist, but it’s kind of kooky to flush your money down the toilet playing the lottery all the time.
Let me leave you with a few tips on playing the lottery, specifically scratch tickets. When you play, buy one or two tickets of different games. Don’t get a whole strip from the same game. If you get a winner for a free ticket, or for a few bucks, don’t get another one from the same ticket pack. (For those of you who don’t know, they distributed in packs to the retailer.) I watched a girl this weekend school her man on how to play and that last tip was straight out of her mouth. She practically slapped his index finger down from where he was pointing.
Otherwise my advice is Don’t Play.
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