Breaking Even
I don't buy lottery tickets. My theory is that the lottery is a tax for people who are bad at math.
Today I saw a scratcher with advertising reading "win $250,000".
"Well," thought Lex, during a momentary lapse of reason, "that would solve all my problems."
I bought the ticket for a dollar.
I won a dollar.
Today I saw a scratcher with advertising reading "win $250,000".
"Well," thought Lex, during a momentary lapse of reason, "that would solve all my problems."
I bought the ticket for a dollar.
I won a dollar.
posted by Lex Fori at
5:02 PM
3 Comments:
Well, statistically you did very well :)
I'm moving to Portland, OR from somewhere SE of middle America. Since you just did the big move can I drop you a line with a couple of questions?
Soon to be searching for a west coast barn.
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Anonymous, at 6:18 PM
Are you going trade it in for another scratcher?
bf
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Anonymous, at 10:39 AM
Please feel free to email me at exactapproximations@gmail.com - I'm happy to offer any insight I can come up with or... well... make up. Good times. I rarely get Lex Mail so by all means, throw out whatever questions you have...
BF: Probably not. I'll likely get the dollar back so that I don't feel like a complete suckerfish. Then I'll buy a roll of Tums or something useful. I mean, if I trade it in for another ticket now - well, that just puts me two steps away from gamblers anonymous, right?
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Lex Fori, at 12:09 PM
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