Mega Million Lottery

So guess who didn't win this Friday's lottery? Yeah, me! And I'm not happy about it. I have never bought lottery tickets because I knew I wouldn't win. But I thought this time would be different. You know, the jackpot was really high and I was feeling lucky. You gotta believe that half of winning the lottery is mental. If you go in with a bad attitude, you are probably going to lose. But on Friday, I bought those tickets, and damnit, I was going to win.

I bought two, one for me and one for Laura. The winning number set of course would be mine, and the losing one would be Laura's. She would probably tell you differently though. Anyway, I had a great mindset when I bought the tickets. I just put the ticket in my pocket and let fate do the rest. I didn't analyze my numbers. I didn't try and memorize them. I just let them marinade in the cotton of my awesome khaki work pants.

The drawing wasn't until 11 that night, so to pass the time Laura and I went out to dinner to preemptively spend some of our winnings. That's legit, right? We could have gone out and bought a car or the Denver Broncos, but it was a little late and we were hungry so we stuck with dinner.

After our pre-victory dinner we went home and were going to double check that we won on the internet, but the website to lotto numbers was so slow. I guess everybody wanted check their tickets so they could go to bed pissed off. Well, not me. I told Laura, we already know the winning numbers, so lets just go to bed so we are fresh for tomorrow's newspaper interview and photo shoot. She agreed.

That night, I guess it was around midnight, I prayed. I prayed to God and Jesus because I wasn't really sure which one of them took responsibility for the Mega Millions Lottery. I mean they both could probably do it, but I'm sure one of them handles it just as one of them handles sporting event outcomes. Anyway, I knew it was a little late to start the praying because the numbers had already been drawn. But I was just hoping they would do me a solid and either change the numbers drawn or change the numbers on my ticket to make a match.

When I woke up in the morning I checked the numbers and they most definitely did NOT match my winning ticket. Good thing I didn't buy the Broncos last night. Well, I know for next time to pray before they pick the numbers. The prayers are probably answered on a first come first serve basis, and since I was just a little late on the last lottery I must be first in line for the next....


sweet. I can't wait to own those Broncos.