“How then? Robbing banks, dealing drugs, selling your body?”
“All viable options, but no. I won the lottery.”
“Get out. Really?” Delighted, fascinated, she lifted her glass in toast before stretching out
a hand for a pretzel.
“Yeah, just a fluke. Or, you know, destiny, again depending. I picked up a ticket now and
then. Actually, hardly ever. Then one day I went in for a six-pack of Corona, sprang for a
ticket.”
High Noon
She shook her head, gaped at him. “You won a hundred and thirty eight million dollars on
a lottery ticket?”
“Yeah, go figure. Best six-pack I ever bought.”
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A Virginia man credits mother nature and an abandoned day of landscaping with his $10 million lottery jackpot win.
Charles Martin of Amelia Courthouse told the Virginia Lottery he got home from work on a recent evening and began to mow the lawn but had his efforts stopped short when it began to rain.