Yesterday we had a family celebration at the beach. 8 large pizzas and ice cream cake to sing happy birthday to my husband, my son and my husbands brother. Fun fun. My husbands sister bought each of the birthday boys an instant lottery ticket. I got annoyed when they asked me how they knew if they won...I told them it is like every lottery ticket ever printed, 3 of a kind wins. They rubbed off the silver and got 3 pairs of doubles...no winners, and threw the tickets in the empty pizza box. As our aunt was cleaning up she decided to double check the tickets, and said, "Hey! Look! You won! $500! and it's doubled so it's $1000!" ( we have this crazy history of winning...a week long paid vacation to Williamsburg for 10, and a brand new Prius, so this was not completely unbelievable). She explained what we missed... get 3 like symbols OR 2 like symbols with 2 $$ signs and you win and the cash doubles. Everyone there looked at the lottery ticket. There were 2 $$ 500 matches. When she said it that way it seemed reasonable to assume he won. This will go down as best 19 year old birthday present in the family history, and everyone was excited, especially the college son! We decided to go to the supermarket where she bought it to get the money. When we got there customer service was closed. We asked the lone cashier to please page the manager. The manager crawls out from behind the door, looks at us and said, "yeah?" We said we want to see if this lottery ticket is a winner. He looks at us and says, "Well look at it." We said we did look at it and we think it is a winner. He said let me see...he looks and says it is not 3 of a kind. We explain the reason with the 2 $$ signs and he says, yeah, might be a winner, the Sunoco is open on the next block, they will be able to tell you. So we get back in the car and go to the Sunoco station. The cashier there has a machine where he scans the ticket. He scanned the ticket and says, "Not a winner." We thought he said "Winner." We said, "What do we do now?' he said, "I don't know, buy another lottery ticket."
...it was fun while it lasted!
Bummer. My son is lucky like your family. He's had 2, count 'em, 2 winning $5000 tickets. And he only buys 1 each paycheck. Lucky!
ReplyDeleteSeems really weird that it is not very clear what is a winner and what's not. Why would anyone buy the tickets if you can't tell if you have won?
ReplyDeleteSorry that you didn't win anyway - sounds like you do pretty well in contests generally!
What a funny story, I hope you kept your ticket to get another opinion? My sister always has luck on winning stuff, me on the other hand, thats a whole other story.
ReplyDeleteOh my! I am still at we won a vacation for 10 and a Prius.... Good Luck on your next lottery ticket! A belated Happy Birthday to all. Bonnie
ReplyDeleteOh well, easy come, not so easy go. lol
ReplyDeleteAw, too bad. Cute story, though! :)
ReplyDeleteAwww -- what a letdown. My brother's the winning one in our family -- a giant tv, trip to Samoa, etc. etc.
ReplyDeleteOh bummer that you didn't win! But sounds like you guys have definitely won some other awesome things!
ReplyDeleteAww what a bummer..loved the post.. and your newest follower from Mommy's Mingle
ReplyDeleteI don't buy many lottery tickets so now I'm wondering - have I thrown money away because this winner type is so easily overlooked?
ReplyDeleteIn any event, the day was a winner. Good family fun was had and a great story came out of it.
I am glad you had fun with it. The most I have won is $10!
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OH shoot, that would have been great to be a winner. I have no luck at lotto at all ever. I do try every now and then when the amount gets really high.
ReplyDeleteLol!! Well that sure was fun while it lasted. :)
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday to the members of your family that are celebrating!! August babies, so much fun!
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oh my....like a roller coaster...well it was fun while the thought lasted...smiles....i have only ever bought like 5 tickets...i found one that won a dollar on the roadside once...
ReplyDeleteBummer! I bought some while in CA on vacation in March and we THOUGHT I won $500... turned out to be $300... but it was better than nothing! ;)
ReplyDeleteThis must have been a disappointment. You would have been the biggest winner I've known. That doesn't sound right--I still think you're a winner!
ReplyDeleteThat was pretty funny. I can picture you all standing there wondering what the next step was. Oh did you buy another ticket??
ReplyDeleteAwww. Never had a lottery ticket. Haven't won other things either. Maybe I'm unlucky. ha!
ReplyDeleteWell, darn! How disappointing. The most I've ever won was $2, so I would have about peed my pants thinking I won $500!
ReplyDeleteHappy birthday to all the family that's celebrating this week!
your 15 minutes of fame...lol
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ReplyDeleteICU nurse, huh? I don't know that I could ever go that route!
Awww- for a moment, though, great excitement!
ReplyDeleteAhhhh so close! I'm so unlucky, I don't even spend the buck anymore, one of my co-workers is always winning though. Maybe he should buy my ticket :)
ReplyDeleteAnnmarie, Heck we never win anything and when I retired we gave up buying the weekly tickets as a waste of money. We buy one now and then when the $$$jackpot gets really big. You never know... My wife's sister and brother in law won $100,000 on a scratch off in Missouri! Take Care, Big Daddy Dave
ReplyDeleteShoot! That's like getting your birthday present revoked...
ReplyDelete;)
we never win but have fun trying every now and agin
ReplyDeleteoh gosh...that sounds like my luck. I just bought a mega thing yesterday...only one ticket, in some very small town, with the change from my car ashtray. If I win, gifts for all my blog friends!
ReplyDeleteI would have cried! lol
ReplyDeleteAdrenalin kick:)
ReplyDeleteIt sounded good. Too bad it wasn't a winner.
ReplyDeleteThat manager sure was friendly and helpful. Not!
Well, even if you didn't win , you had a lot of fun.
ReplyDeleteI sometimes wonder how many people actually miss finding out if they are a winner.
Bummer! Well, at least you had a lot of fun at the B-day party. Better luck next time.
ReplyDeleteAw! Sure wish you had won the cash. But, it sure did make for an interesting and entertaining story.
ReplyDeleteBlessings!
Awww, bummer!
ReplyDeleteWell, that was alot of excitement! My goodness! At least you all had a great time! :)
ReplyDeleteThat birthday will definitely be remembered! haha
ReplyDeleteHAHAHAHAAHAAA.
ReplyDeleteI'm still laughing!
That was a great story and I loved that the punch line was right at the end!
(oh the hopes of winning a grand!)
Oh man!! I was hoping you were a winner!! I can't believe you won a vacation and a car!! Wow! I never won anything... maybe my time is coming! LOL
ReplyDeleteSounds like fun at the beach either way though!
You won a Prius and a vacation for 10??? Holy cow!!!
ReplyDeleteOh... Happy Birthday to the birthday people!
ReplyDeleteohh that sucks , but a cute story haha!
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Oh dear, better luck with the next ticket. But a holiday for 10? That's fantastic! Happy Birthday to the birthday boys
ReplyDeleteFunny story. I would get the second opinion.
ReplyDeleteBetter luck next time.
ReplyDeleteWell, if it is that hard to figure out if it is a winner, they need to make some changes! Too bad - that would have been nice!
ReplyDeleteOh my gosh I so went on that roller coaster ride with you all just now-- and was so bummed when the ride ended-- although, how stinkin' cool is winning a Prius and a vacation and...
ReplyDeleteStopping by to say "hi" and thanks a billion bunches for linking up with us yesterday. I so love the collection of beautiful bloggers we are amassing and so love that you are in the mix.
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Well, it got your heart going, if only for a little while!
ReplyDeleteBut 8 pizzas, ice cream and beach time with friends and family PLUS a really wild adventure make for a most interesting birthday, memory AND blog post!
ReplyDeleteI'll second the thought somebody else already had - I hope you kept the ticket and got a second opinion!
ReplyDeleteSome gas stations here recently got in trouble because employees were scanning such tickets, saying they were non-winning tickets, and then - once the customers had left the store - retrieved the tickets from the garbage to claim the prize monies for themselves.
Oh no, what a bummer! I had something like that happen. I was scratching a ticket wrong and kept telling my husband each time we were in the next higher category, and next. We were so, so excited! lol Then I realized I did it wrong. :(
ReplyDeleteThat is too bad that it wasn't a winner. Better luck next time.
ReplyDeletesounds like a nice family gathering. ticket is a bummer but importantly, all of you had fun ! i've never bought a single ticket in my life, maybe i could try.
ReplyDeleteOh dear! It was a fun and definitely memorable evening though!!
ReplyDeletexoxo,
- Irina
Fun people like you guys sure had lots of fun. Happy Weekend to you, Annmarie.
ReplyDeleteAwh the adrenalin of it. It's even fun for me to think you won...even though you did not..nice ride.
ReplyDeleteFamily get-togethers are wonderful! This could've been more fun than actually winning the lottery!
ReplyDeleteCute story; rather sounds like my luck!! It's always fun to try though, and it sounds like a wonderful party anyway and time shared with family. :)
ReplyDeleteBlessings and hugs,
Denise
I love the ups and downs of this story, you got me hooked till the end. Maybe it's just as well that your kids realised that you can get very disappointed with gambling ? XX
ReplyDeleteHow cool is that!
ReplyDeleteSo what you're saying is that we need to contact you to go in on group purchases of large jackpots? I love it. Can I be added to your list? :)
ReplyDeleteWe're also having a See Beautiful blog hop today if you're interested. We're seeing lots of beautiful (just to dangle the carrot a bit):
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Happy seeing beautiful!
Guess it was fun while it last ;)..
ReplyDeleteAm kinda pxxx off with the manager's attitude. its very bad. anyway, happy belated birthday to the boys.
LOL! Dang!
ReplyDeleteMy heart just broke a little for you...I was really hoping you won! Happy birthday to all of the boys of the day! Ice cream cake, and izza sounds yummo!!! Have a great weekend!
ReplyDeleteIt sounded like you won to me! Sorry to hear that you didn't- but it does sound like an adventure while it lasted. :)
ReplyDelete~Jess
Sadly, that's the way the mop flops sometimes. I hope the transient excitement doesn't trigger a gambling habit!
ReplyDeleteThat made me giggle but as you are lucky anyway I'm sure there will be real winning tickets heading your way!
ReplyDeleteAre you serious! That sounds like a winner to me. You should call somebody. lOl that would be a fun birthday for a 19-year-old.
ReplyDeleteI was given a lottery ticket as a gift/thank-you and it was worth nothing. I decided that a lottery ticket is a pretty lame gift. But it's cool that you all got some excitement from it!
ReplyDeleteOh,... i cannot imagine the rush and excitement even if at the end you didn't win.
ReplyDeleteI guess you won the thrill and a good story.
Happy birthday to the boys
ReplyDeleteHappy birthday to the celebrants. what a ride that was, even though this scratch ticket fan is a little disappointed with the ending.
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