As the story evolved in my head and on the screen, this occurred to me. (Note the timing when he can come up with the whole sequence.) It's like that meme of the "world's worst superpowers," or perhaps a higher power has determined his role is to be only the herald of these fateful numbers, supernaturally endowed but only able to declare them once fate is set.
True story - my dad used to have a subscription to the state lotto where he played the same numbers every week. He matched five out of six once and we took a nice summer vacation. Had he chosen my brother's age instead of mine when he picked the numbers he would have had all six right and won $5 million. It took about a week of what-ifing to enjoy what we had won.
It's tough in a situation like that to look at the nice thing you've gained instead of the nicer thing you could have had.
That's one of the things I didn't like about the TV show "Deal or No Deal" -- they like to make you feel like crap for "only" winning, say $75,000, when you could have (at great risk of losing it all) gotten over $100K.
Part of my job actually is to enter the day's lottery numbers in the paper, and since I've seen how random they are, I never bother with picking the numbers when I get the MegaMillions or Powerball on the occasions when I buy in. Have tried MegaMillions twice when the prize was astronomical. Each time I spent $10 (five picks plus the "Megaplier" for each) and won $12. Woo, profit! =)
Nope, though Dad did play both sets of numbers for a while which was silly since they were mostly the same.
I've never watched "Deal of No Deal" but that is a little ridiculous, any money won is more than you walked in with. Of course, I've had that object lesson.
I play the lottery once a year on my birthday. I play Dad's old numbers, pick a set of numbers for myself and then let the machine pick a set. So far, nothing. You're ahead of the game which is better than most of us ever do.
I've learned to take the multiplier as it's not too hard to get two or three of the five-plus-one numbers right so the piddly little prizes at least get your money back (my winnings each time were $3, but got the 4x multiplier)
I turned the latest MegaMillions "win" into a Powerball ticket -- got nada.
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But I wonder if the numbers only come to him when it is too late anyway?
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As the story evolved in my head and on the screen, this occurred to me. (Note the timing when he can come up with the whole sequence.) It's like that meme of the "world's worst superpowers," or perhaps a higher power has determined his role is to be only the herald of these fateful numbers, supernaturally endowed but only able to declare them once fate is set.
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True story - my dad used to have a subscription to the state lotto where he played the same numbers every week. He matched five out of six once and we took a nice summer vacation. Had he chosen my brother's age instead of mine when he picked the numbers he would have had all six right and won $5 million. It took about a week of what-ifing to enjoy what we had won.
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It's tough in a situation like that to look at the nice thing you've gained instead of the nicer thing you could have had.
That's one of the things I didn't like about the TV show "Deal or No Deal" -- they like to make you feel like crap for "only" winning, say $75,000, when you could have (at great risk of losing it all) gotten over $100K.
Part of my job actually is to enter the day's lottery numbers in the paper, and since I've seen how random they are, I never bother with picking the numbers when I get the MegaMillions or Powerball on the occasions when I buy in. Have tried MegaMillions twice when the prize was astronomical. Each time I spent $10 (five picks plus the "Megaplier" for each) and won $12. Woo, profit! =)
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I've never watched "Deal of No Deal" but that is a little ridiculous, any money won is more than you walked in with. Of course, I've had that object lesson.
I play the lottery once a year on my birthday. I play Dad's old numbers, pick a set of numbers for myself and then let the machine pick a set. So far, nothing. You're ahead of the game which is better than most of us ever do.
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I turned the latest MegaMillions "win" into a Powerball ticket -- got nada.
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