Here is how my 'attempt' to play numbers went last night. Couldn't get out of work until about 6:55. If I had KNOWN I was going to stay THAT late I would have gone out at lunch to get eve numbers. So I then get to a store about 7:10, thinking 'just in time for the 7:15ish cutoff' There is a large line at the counter so I go to the machine which I have used many times before. Put my play slip in, hear a strange sound where the ticket is suppose to come out and it screen then says 'missprint please see attendant'. So I then go get in line and by chance I get to the counter in time to try to get eve numbers. I give my playslips to the clerk, they start to print and boom! Printer Jam! And of course the cleark really didn't know what to do about it. He had to get someone else from the back to help and to run the other checkout as the line behind me was turning to an angry mob! At this point I gave up on numbers for the night and lucky for me NONE of the numbers that didn't print came out, I was POSITVE they would after all that.
Oh and lucky for me I only put $5 on the machine as NO ONE in the store knew how to fix it or would give me my money back, they said I have to come back tomorrow and ask for the manager. Which is the 2nd time this has happened, with a machine jamming and clearks having no idea what to do and me having to come back later. Ended up saving over $5 in the numbers that didn't print so even if I don't get my money back from the machine I still feel 'lucky' about last night.
On the good side I hit 3 of 5 in Take 5 last night on a hunch the 20's might drop ....