Lotteryist Week 31

I was standing in line at Personal Lottery Central, minding my own business, making sure I stayed on the “Stay 6’ apart” sticker on the floor. “Hey!” The guy leaving the store turned from the door and walked toward me. “Hey!” He called out, grinning like I was a long-lost relative. “How’s it going? Haven’t…

Lotteryist Week 30

So, a few weeks ago one Powerball ticket won over $799 million! One ticket! One person won all that money! Is anyone surprised it wasn’t me? To be true, it was a Monday draw and I only do the Saturday draw. Even so, it bugged me that the power number was MY power number. In…

Lotteryist Week 28

This week I played the wrong lottery game. Instead of Powerball, I did Megaball. It totally messed up the “scientific” method thing that I have pretended I have going. The rules are same game using the same numbers, ticket bought at the same Personal Lottery Central on the same day of the week.  Playing the…

Lotteryist Week 26

The first few weeks I went to my PLC I was sooooo embarrassed. Lotterying seemed such a foolish thing. I could not bear the thought that someone I knew would see me doing such a wasteful thing. Wasting money on the lottery was something close to shameful. In my puritanical mind, it was as bad…

Lotteryist Week 25

“A blog about playing the lottery? Every week the same – lost again. What else will there ever be to say? Talk about boring!” My friend was not very excited when I told him about this blog. And I have to give him credit for nailing the “lost again” part of this enterprise. But this…

Lotteryist Week 24

This week Superstition slithered its way into my lottery experience. I was away from home until late Saturday afternoon, so I rushed to PLC as I drove into town. The parking lot was empty, which I found unusual but thought, “Good, this won’t take long and I can get a snack while I’m here, because…

Lotteryist Week 23 Another new clerk helped me this week. I always enjoy meeting new clerks. I enjoy watching them learn how to do the lottery thing. I get to have this joy a lot because there is a huge turnover at my PLC. I’m guessing huge turnovers are a fact of life at local…