You may recall that I buy lottery tickets every day at the Gas Station Chicken Store. It's always been pretty lucky for me, though I do go through losing streaks, no matter where I buy tickets.
My favorite cashier, Fave, works Thursday-Sunday. I think she's luckier for me than the others. As a token of appreciation, I give her a few scratchers every week, bought elsewhere, in an envelope. I don't expect any special "favors" from Fave. Just her handing me my tickets, infused with her luck. If I have a good week there, I give extra tickets.
On Friday, I came in waiting to hear if Fave had won anything on those tickets I had given the day before.
"Oh, I FORGOT my tickets!"
"What? Oh, no! Were they still here?"
"Oh, I didn't forget them here. They were in a pouch in my car. I called and had my son go see if they were in there, and they were. So I'll scratch them tonight."
"That's a relief! I hope you win something this week!" Because last week, Fave won nothing! Even though I had put in a couple extra.
On Saturday, Fave was excited to tell me...
"I had a $75 winner on my crossword ticket! The back of it had SL on it. And I won $5 on another one, and $3 on the three-dollar crossword. So I won $83 this week! Also, I gave two tickets to my son to scratch. So I'll know about them tomorrow."
Which turned out to be a couple winners, so Fave won $91 this week! I was really happy for her. That's why I give her the tickets. I don't expect to be giving her losers, heh, heh.
"Well, I've been having a decent week wherever I buy. That SL means it was from Save A Lot over here, from their machine. I'm happy you got some of MY luck!"
When I bought my scratchers from Fave on Sunday, I saw that the two crosswords were 054 and 055. Not my favorite numbers on the roll, which only goes up to 059. But I won't go without crosswords just because I think the good tickets have probably already been bought out of the roll. Any number can win. Which I found out Sunday evening:
I didn't win anything at the top. I only had two words, which win nothing. But at the bottom, on the bonus words, I had a winner. That's $250!!! Not at all what I was expecting. Usually I get $5 down there, or maybe $10/15/25. I was totally surprised! Farmer H had already gone to bed, so I couldn't even gloat until the next morning!
I'll wait and cash that in on Thursday, so Fave can do it, and see what she sold me. She'll get a couple extra tickets this week.
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