Every day when I cash in my winning scratchers and buy more, I get some for The Pony. He doesn't ask. I send Genius tickets every week, so I figure The Pony should get some too. Unless The Pony has winners to cash in, I spend about $6 on him. He likes the draw tickets, mainly Cash4Life with the easy match option for an instant win up to $500. For a while, he was winning $2, $3, $4, or up to $10. For about the past 7 days in a row, The Pony has not had a win on the Cash4Life.
Wednesday, I bought The Pony two $1 tickets, a $2 ticket, a $3 ticket. I didn't have high hopes. I can't win on anything under a $3 ticket.
The Pony sat down with his supper plate and the tickets at the marred coffee table. He commenced scratching. Farmer H was on an important phone call, so The Pony and I were whispering. The Pony scratched his first $1 ticket, and raised his eyebrows. Then he moved on to scratch the other tickets. Not much reaction. When he was done, I said,
"Oh. I guess maybe you only won on the first one?"
"No. Actually, I won on ALL FOUR of my tickets! The $1 won a ticket. The $2 won two dollars. And the $3 won three dollars. But this first $1 ticket... LOOK!"
No, it's not a heart-stopping win. But it's pretty darn good for a $1 investment. The Pony said, "It wasn't big enough to interrupt Dad's phone call, but it's a lot for that ticket!"
I don't know how The Pony is so lucky on these lower tickets. I could buy 10 in a row, and maybe only win a ticket. IF that.
I could buy ten in a row and win $0, that's the kind of luck I have.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations Pony.
River,
ReplyDeleteMe too! And Farmer H three! My best old ex-teaching buddy Mabel used to give me tickets like that in my birthday card. A strip of 10 one-dollar tickets. Nothing. Except for one year, when I won back $6. I played on it for months. Back then, I only bought tickets once a week. I used that money to buy the $5 tickets, and had a good streak.
Pony set his winning ticket aside, to sell to me when he wants to use it for casino money. He is very tight with his EARNINGS, and won't use that money to gamble, heh, heh.