Does This Mean I ALMOST Won the Powerball???
By Jim Bauer
@porwest (112876)
United States
October 12, 2023 11:01am CST
Okay. Not hardly. In fact, not even close. To be totally honest and fair, a million miles away. Farther than the distance between the Earth and Mars. In fact, not even in THIS solar system.
I had three numbers on one of my online Powerball tickets I bought and got a whopping $7 out of it. Better than nothing. Only really three numbers away from the big prize.
But still, not even close. No cigar. Not even a wasted butt from a cigar. Or an ash.
Oh well. Some lucky whoever in California took it. All of it. I suppose I will just patiently wait for the numbers to go higher again and then try my luck once more. To get the same most likely. A fat chance. A big nothing.
I feel like I have the luck of a homeless man who's carboard box, his only shelter, just got blown away by a strong wind.
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@FourWalls (86713)
• United States
12 Oct 23
The first time it hit a billion one of the putters and I went in and bought some tickets. We got two bucks!!! 
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@LindaOHio (222417)
• United States
13 Oct 23
You probably did better than most of us. We matched one number on one ticket and one on another. $20 down the toilet. Ah well. Have a good weekend.
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@LindaOHio (222417)
• United States
14 Oct 23
@porwest Yes, it's always fun to dream. I would love to give some big bucks to our local Humane Society, etc.
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@porwest (112876)
• United States
14 Oct 23
@LindaOHio There would be a couple of charities I'd consider. Wounded Warriors, Tunnel to Towers, St. Jude's, places like that.
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@1creekgirl (44560)
• United States
14 Oct 23
@porwest Well, if I couldn't win, you'd be in the top 10 of my wish list.
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@porwest (112876)
• United States
14 Oct 23
@1creekgirl I appreciate that. I really do. lol
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@lovebuglena (52146)
• Staten Island, New York
12 Oct 23
I didn’t know that you can play the big lotto online. Hey, $7 is better than $0.
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@lovebuglena (52146)
• Staten Island, New York
14 Oct 23
@porwest That is very convenient.
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@porwest (112876)
• United States
15 Oct 23
@lovebuglena Or dangerous. When you don't have to go out for the tickets and can just buy as many as you want. That can be dangerous. Luckily I am smart about it.
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@RasmaSandra (98004)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
12 Oct 23
Even though I get no richer I still count my many blessings and glad to have a roof over my head, food to eat, and two cats to keep me smiling,
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@moffittjc (128835)
• Gainesville, Florida
14 Oct 23
That's $7 more than I won, so consider yourself lucky!
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