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Originally Posted by 8gv

When I lived in CT I got five of the six lotto numbers.

I watched the drawing on tv and fortunately the fourth number was not mine. I likely would have died if I had to watch the first five go my way followed by a dud.

But five out of six is good right? It pays about $1100 which went a long way back then. I couldn't wait until Monday to go get my fist full of cash!

Well...

It turns out that many, many people had five numbers so my prize was $700.

To add insult to injury, I opted to not have any tax withheld which prompted a subsequent nastygram from the IRS when I forgot to claim the income on my return.

Six out of six would have been more fun.

Winning something still beats a sharp stick in the eye...

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articl...for-half-price