I do not consider myself particularly lucky. If there is a drawing of any type, I often don't even drop my name in the hat ... because I get tired of getting my hopes up and then "losing."
The past two weeks have been interesting, though. In an online game, I won one of the major prizes in a drawing where about 30 other people were entered. In another online game, I won a cash prize -- that was also a drawing. (There were fewer entered ... but I'm still the person who won.) And when I was at the conference last week, I dropped my business card in a bucket to enter a drawing, and I received a notice from the company today that I had won that drawing. My son is jealous, because I won some $180 Skullcandy headphones.
So am I on a streak here? Should I strike while the proverbial iron is hot? The Texas Lottery Commission website shows that the Powerball jackpot is at $120 million right now (cash value option), while the MegaMillions is at $11 million and the regular Texas lottery is at $7 million.
Or is the third time a charm, meaning that I've won three times in two weeks and my streak is now at an end? Should I have bought a lottery ticket instead of entering the drawing for the headphones?
Of course, I dropped another business card in the drawing for the Kindle at the conference as well, and I haven't heard anything about that one. That's just as well, since I just ordered a Kindle ... and I do need a new set of headphones, since my old ones lie broken on the desk. (I can still hear out of one of the ear pieces, but they are broken and can't be worn on my head. To listen to something, I have to hold the working ear piece up to my ear.)
I don't stop at convenience stores often, so I'll have to see whether I remember to stop and buy a ticket tomorrow. If I do, I won't be holding my breath expecting to win.
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