Well, That's the Lottery For Ya

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So, of course there was the recent Powerball jackpot of $1.8 billion, and of course I played. I don't think I went too crazy. I played all of my plays in Illinois, but of course, someone won in Missouri, across the river as well as Texas. On one of the days when my wife was in Missouri, I told her to stop and buy a ticket and she didn't do it, saying, "I was just too tired," and of course, I joked to her that the gas station she drove past was the one that won. Of course, who knows if it was. It probably wasn't. But the chide and the joke wouldn't have worked. It could have been anywhere in Missouri. There were two $1 million winners in Illinois as well. I finished checking all of my tickets. $26 worth. Most without the power play option, but 2 were those $3 tickets I grabbed from misprinted tickets. I won nothing at all. Not one single penny. Oh well. It was fun, but that's the lottery for you.