I really like scratch tickets... (especially cashwords)
I wouldn't go so far to say that I have a gambling problem, however, I also wonder how much money I willingly hand over to the New York lottery. I lose pretty often...but I have also had some pretty good wins. I wonder if it evens out. I was wondering this recently and my friends Lizzy and Allan suggested that I start a blog that tracks my wins/losses to find the truth. So that is what this blog will be all about. Stories about tickets, how I got them, successes and losses, etc etc etc.
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Monday, November 28, 2011
I am thankful for the lottery
Back in Connecticut for the holiday I decided to pick up some cashwords. I bought 12 dollars worth (4 tickets) one of them being a special snowball edition cashword. I love how the lottery comes up with ways to suck people in. Let's turn the cashword into a snowball and the gamblers will not be able to resist trying it out. This time the holiday edition did not upset- which is unusual because I feel like they are more for show and they are total lotto placebos. Snowball won 10 bucks and one of the regular cashwords won 3 dollars. In total, at this point, I was up by a dollar. Spent 12, went home with 13.
And by went home I mean I took a couple hours off and then went right back to the mobil station to spend my 13 dollars on more tickets. I use the holiday as an excuse to do everything in excess- mainly eat, drink wine, and gamble. After much contemplation and holding up the line at the mini mart I settled on a 10 dollar cashword (crazy...I didn't want to do it but the girl behind the counter made me) and a regular 3 dollar cashword.
This is the 10 dollar ticket. It is extra big making it extra tempting to buy. When it comes to lottery, size is everything. The bigger the ticket, the more chances to win and the higher the prizes. However, I ALWAYS seem to lose the 5 and 10 dollar cashwords. Clearly I have not learned my lesson.
These are the remains of my precious 12 dollars that I started with. Nothing to show for it. This obviously pissed me off and led me to rationalize spending another 5 dollars on some 1 dollar tickets. Fabulous Fives!
Fabulous Fives were somewhat fabulous. After spending 5 dollars on fabulous fives (I thought that by buying 5 I would have some weird cosmic luck) I left with 7 dollars. Now that brings me to a total of a 10 dollar loss this thanksgiving season- correct me if I fucked up the math but I'm pretty sure that's right. These fabulous five winners are sitting in my car right now as I am typing this. Will I resist buying more tickets with the 7 dollars? Probably not.
And by went home I mean I took a couple hours off and then went right back to the mobil station to spend my 13 dollars on more tickets. I use the holiday as an excuse to do everything in excess- mainly eat, drink wine, and gamble. After much contemplation and holding up the line at the mini mart I settled on a 10 dollar cashword (crazy...I didn't want to do it but the girl behind the counter made me) and a regular 3 dollar cashword.
This is the 10 dollar ticket. It is extra big making it extra tempting to buy. When it comes to lottery, size is everything. The bigger the ticket, the more chances to win and the higher the prizes. However, I ALWAYS seem to lose the 5 and 10 dollar cashwords. Clearly I have not learned my lesson.
These are the remains of my precious 12 dollars that I started with. Nothing to show for it. This obviously pissed me off and led me to rationalize spending another 5 dollars on some 1 dollar tickets. Fabulous Fives!
Fabulous Fives were somewhat fabulous. After spending 5 dollars on fabulous fives (I thought that by buying 5 I would have some weird cosmic luck) I left with 7 dollars. Now that brings me to a total of a 10 dollar loss this thanksgiving season- correct me if I fucked up the math but I'm pretty sure that's right. These fabulous five winners are sitting in my car right now as I am typing this. Will I resist buying more tickets with the 7 dollars? Probably not.
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