hello I am a new member just signed on to this site and man am I glad I did. it is so good to see other players stories and happenings with concerns of the lottery. well ladies and gentlemen if you want to hear a true story of mystical proportions then listen to what I am about to say. I have been playing the lottery since 1989. mostly in virginia. I have won a few times with the biggest payout being $120.00 I am not willing to disclose how much I have spent on the lottery since 1989. But believe me it is ALOT!!!!! Now then, I have been having some strange visuals and dreams about the lottery alot lately, even going back as far as 1995. I have come astronominically close several times to winning a major jackpot, either by having the numbers and not having them in the correct sequence or having a "hunch" on a certain set of numbers and not playing them. I have even had a winning ticket worth $150,000 and could not find it before the deadline. I had a ticket worth at least $5,000 stolen from me by a VENDOR at a convenience store. he left 2 weeks later and has not been seen since. I have tried to use astronomy along with my horoscope to give me some insight and help with winning. And on alot of occasions it has worked to perfection, only thing is I didn't heed the advice or was just plain braindead when it came to playing the numbers. To make this as brief as possible, during last weeks mega millions drawing on tuesday april 19th. I had been playing the mega millions since it got past 50 million. I was at home in the early afternoon and trying to get a feel for some new numbers to play for the drawing that night. I had envisioned playing my birthday may 6, or 5,6, and adding 47 for my current age. well my 2 teenage daughters were arguing over shoes and it really was annoying to me as I was trying to concentrate and figure what other 3 numbers to put with my birthday. I could not do so with the constant barrage of profanity coming from my teenage daughters over a pair of shoes, so I lost concentration and just kind of left it at 3 numbers. later that night I had almost forgot I was playing more than normal because it was $168 million. So it was like 45 minutes before the drawing time and suddenly something told me to go back home and look for some numbers. well I did just that, and as I was looking for some numbers an eerie feeling came over me as I was looking at my mothers picture on my desk. {she passed away in 2002} It was like she was trying to reach me and help me with the other numbers. when I left for the 7-11 to play the numbers, I used my usual cards with random numbers and some computer picks as well, then I went to fill out the new numbers on a card that I had tried to put in a sequence earlier. all I had was 3 numbers 5,6,and 47. time was against me now as I only had about 5 minutes before the drawtime. so i just filled in the other 3 numbers with whatever I could think of at the moment. I had no more time to think of what good numbers would be good to play. I did not check the winning numbers until the next morning. 15 minutes after the draw deadline buzzer went off on the lottery machine my ex-wife called my cellphone for the first time EVER!! My oldest daughter had used my cellphone and called her from it and I did not realize this. The winning numbers for the april 19th drawing were 5,6,14,42,47 and mega ball 3. Now keep in mind I had 3 of these numbers already. 5,6 and 47. Well after careful thought and logic the other 3 numbers that would have won me 168 million dollars was right under my nose. the number 14, my oldest grandchild birthday is on the 14th, the number 42, my ex-wifes age is 42, and last but not least my youngest grandchild is 3 years old, thus giving me all 6 numbers and a jackpot worth $168 million dollars. How do I keep my sanity do you ask? I really don't know the answer to that either, but someone or something from beyond is really trying to tell me something. I am sorry this first post of mine had to be so long, but I had to share this with someone or it would just start eating at me and drive me completely into the stages of lunacy. This is just one of several true stories that I have experienced. I only hope one day to be able to look back and say " I always thought I would win the lottery" the happenings of the last 10 years could prove to be the key to this mystery.