The Day We Almost Won the Lottery
Buying a Lottery Ticket Always Brings Anticipation in Case You Win
Buying a lottery ticket can be an exciting experience, one that is filled with the anticipation of how your life could change if you won the jackpot.
This is a story about how we almost won the lottery, and it took place about 8 years ago.
I was living in Indiana at the time, and had gone home to the UK to visit the family.
My Dad was really pleased to see me, and he suggested that we went to the local supermarket to buy something to drink.
While we were there, since it was a Saturday, and the National Lottery had rolled over, he suggested that we buy a couple of lottery tickets, so I agreed.
Normally I would have just got a quick pick ticket, but my Dad wanted us to pick numbers, so we took it in turns to select our lucky numbers, my Dad filling in the card, and we waited in line at the counter.
Just then I noticed that there was a posting of the numbers for the last lottery drawing, and what numbers do you think had won the jackpot?
You guessed it, the very same numbers that we had subconsciously picked.
If only I had been visiting a week sooner, we just might have been wealthy now, but who knows, fate might have determined that we would pick different numbers, or in fact the winning numbers themselves might have been different.
You can't change events in the past, or at least not in the real world. Maybe that's a good thing though, but it would be nice to win the lottery and to know that I had enough money to see me through retirement.
Have you ever won the lottery? Please tell us about it.
This is a story about how we almost won the lottery, and it took place about 8 years ago.
I was living in Indiana at the time, and had gone home to the UK to visit the family.
My Dad was really pleased to see me, and he suggested that we went to the local supermarket to buy something to drink.
While we were there, since it was a Saturday, and the National Lottery had rolled over, he suggested that we buy a couple of lottery tickets, so I agreed.
Normally I would have just got a quick pick ticket, but my Dad wanted us to pick numbers, so we took it in turns to select our lucky numbers, my Dad filling in the card, and we waited in line at the counter.
Just then I noticed that there was a posting of the numbers for the last lottery drawing, and what numbers do you think had won the jackpot?
You guessed it, the very same numbers that we had subconsciously picked.
If only I had been visiting a week sooner, we just might have been wealthy now, but who knows, fate might have determined that we would pick different numbers, or in fact the winning numbers themselves might have been different.
You can't change events in the past, or at least not in the real world. Maybe that's a good thing though, but it would be nice to win the lottery and to know that I had enough money to see me through retirement.
Have you ever won the lottery? Please tell us about it.
Published by Tony Payne
Tony Payne is a freelance writer who lives on the South Coast of England with his wife Debbie. He has worked in the IT Industry all his life, and has been writing on various sites for the last 10 years. T... View profile
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23 Comments
Post a CommentNicely Written, thank you
This reminds me of the joke about the man who prayed for several years to win the lottery. His name was Jacob. One day, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, "Jacob - if you want to win the lottery, God has heard your prayer. Please do your part and buy a ticket!" LOL cheers :)
I've only won with the scratch-offs. My ex has won many times but not more than $500. We do know an old co-worker of his who won $1M. He still lives in the same area but built a new house. Hopefully you will be lucky next time!
I WISH I had won the lottery -- does that count? Even a couple hundred thousand would make me incredibly happy, I don't need millions! Maybe one day for you and me both! Let's keep dreaming. ; )
wow! so close! I've never won the big one, but of the few times I have played, I once won $20 :)
Never won! However I did win on the scratch-offs one birthday. Iwon $110. I haven't beaten that yet. lol
Fun story. I rarely play but am tempted sometimes. =)
Only in my dreams...sorry that you didn't win it though. Then I could tell people that I knew someone who actually won the lottery!
Thanks for sharing! Never won big on the lottery, won $1000 dollars once when I hit a six spot on the California Keno - that was exciting - but it did not last very long!
Too bad :( I've never played...