Discarded lottery ticket offers lesson of faith, optimism

Comment #12

Chewie — Thu, 22 Sep 2005 18:37:12 GMT

Almost two weeks worth of gas, so I can go back and forth to work. Might not be enough next week.

Comment #11

emilyg — Wed, 21 Sep 2005 16:47:42 GMT

$200 is a good amount of money.

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Todd — Wed, 21 Sep 2005 16:11:19 GMT

For someone living paycheck-to-paycheck, $200 can mean the difference between making a car payment or not. I definitely understand where the person is coming from.

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golotto — Wed, 21 Sep 2005 16:08:09 GMT

I won $16 on Pbl with Powerplay last Wed just like Sharon. Maybe it'll be a lucky 16. I hope

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BabyJC — Wed, 21 Sep 2005 15:34:35 GMT

I can't imagine all that trouble was over $200 -- I thought it was going to be something like $20,000

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Chewie — Wed, 21 Sep 2005 13:46:55 GMT

There is always some story about some one who threw the winning ticket in the trash - then had to go back and dig it out. Buy 'em book, and buy 'em books, more and more of them continue to chew on the covers.

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onenumber — Tue, 20 Sep 2005 19:53:19 GMT

Don't call your mother for the winning numbers, apparently she isn't always right

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starchild_45 — Tue, 20 Sep 2005 19:45:44 GMT

i do just that and did that one year when i had a big win. i am glad she got her money. go girl.

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RJOh — Tue, 20 Sep 2005 16:46:02 GMT

The moral of this story is don't play more than you're willing to lose and don't discard your losing tickets until after the playing year is over, they may be handy for claiming a lost on your taxes if you win something and you will have a chance to review them if you need to.

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whodeani — Tue, 20 Sep 2005 15:39:44 GMT

AMEN

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qutgnt — Tue, 20 Sep 2005 15:31:50 GMT

For the love of god, check the tickets yourself

Comment #1

paulap — Tue, 20 Sep 2005 15:19:35 GMT

you go girl******faith--just a little can move mountains--good luck

Discarded lottery ticket offers lesson of faith, optimism

Lottery Post — Tue, 20 Sep 2005 15:09:00 GMT

It's last Wednesday, and Sharon Parker, a lottery regular from Swissvale, Pennsylvania, wins $16 in the Powerball.It's not exactly enough to retire on, so Sharon does what lottery players do: She plows the $16 back into Thursday's Big Four at a convenience store downtown Pittsburgh near Kaufmann's.That night, when she calls her mother for the numbers, it turns out to be another loss for Sharon, so she tears the tickets in half and drops them in a trash can at Fifth and Smithfield.Back home in Sw... [ More ]