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Hail Hermes!
So...determined not to fall asleep again at eight o'clock, I decided to go in search of a grocery store- I wanted ice cream. found the grocery store, but by the time I got there, I changed my mind about the ice cream. It was a whole shopping center, so I wandered around a little into Petco and stuff, killing some time, then across the street, there was a Barnes and Noble, a Michael's and various other stores...nothing we don't have at home, but hey, it's time out of the hotel. After abouyt an hour of wandering through stores, I started making my way back to the hotel and was thirsty, so I stopped in the nearest convenience store and grabbed a drink. On a lark I asked the clerk for a $1 scratch off ticket...I won $6.
I took $5 plus one more ticket. I won $1 used that and bought another ticket, won $4
that one gave me a free ticket, which won me nothing so I quit there and left.
A little farther down the road, I felt pushed to another convenience store, I was like "Uh, no I'm not doing this" and I got a "Yes, you are." So I said fine, same as before, one $1 ticket, as soon as I don't win, I'm done. So I walked in, asked for a $1 ticket...won $4. Took $3 and another ticket...won $4. Took $3 and another ticket, won $2. Took $1 and another ticket, won a free ticket, the free ticket again won me nothing.
What's rather maddening though is that on each of the two losing tickets, I was one digit away from winning $21,000.
Ah well, can't complain, hail Hermes!
(It is worth noting, I've always at least gotten my money back each time I've bought a scratch-off ticket. So far I've won a few dollars in Pennsylvania, Maryland, Indiana, Texas and Colorado and I want to say Delaware, but I can't remember if I actually bought a ticket there once or just thought about it.)
I took $5 plus one more ticket. I won $1 used that and bought another ticket, won $4
that one gave me a free ticket, which won me nothing so I quit there and left.
A little farther down the road, I felt pushed to another convenience store, I was like "Uh, no I'm not doing this" and I got a "Yes, you are." So I said fine, same as before, one $1 ticket, as soon as I don't win, I'm done. So I walked in, asked for a $1 ticket...won $4. Took $3 and another ticket...won $4. Took $3 and another ticket, won $2. Took $1 and another ticket, won a free ticket, the free ticket again won me nothing.
What's rather maddening though is that on each of the two losing tickets, I was one digit away from winning $21,000.
Ah well, can't complain, hail Hermes!
(It is worth noting, I've always at least gotten my money back each time I've bought a scratch-off ticket. So far I've won a few dollars in Pennsylvania, Maryland, Indiana, Texas and Colorado and I want to say Delaware, but I can't remember if I actually bought a ticket there once or just thought about it.)