Lottery Superstition! (Bit long)

[ackmeow]

Well I may be stuck at home instead of at my folk's place due to freezing rain. So to ease my frustration, Here's a list of common lottery superstitions!

The Lock-On Chooser!

Oh noes! You looked at a ticket! It must be lucky! What? It costs 5 dollars? No problem? Can you buy it? Sure. Oh hey, You looked at me! What?

The Stuck Ticket Scumpy!

Prepare to exercise those bin-ceps and other shopping muscles! These tickets are jammed in so tight in the drawer slots that they don't want to come out! That's right, folks! We glue the winners down so people don't take them!

Not. I can't believe people think that.

The double superstition!

SC: Can I have a bingo ticket?
Me: Sure. *Pulls out drawer*
SC: I want you to pick it, but you can't have it touch the counter.
Me: Um, what?
SC: It won't be lucky if it touches wood.
Me: *Looks at plastic and metal counter* Um, Ok.

The Double Picker!

Greetings, Gene pool bellyflop. A ticket? One ticket? Just one ticket? Ok. Pick it yourself.

Oh, hey! You picked two by accident! Here, let me put it bac- What? You want to get two? You picked it, therefore it has to be lucky? Oooooookay... Is that why you have four kids?

The single spammer!

Hello, spawn of satan. A ticket? Sure. Here you go. Have a good day!

Wait, you want one more? Ok. Here. Thanks! Have a goo- one more? Um, Ok, he- Oh, one more? Look, how many do you want? Three? Can I ring these up together? There's a bit of a line forming. Sorry, The rules of probability don't care if you think single pokers are lucky.

All done? No more, right? Right? Phew. O- Now you want some for your sister? Tell me, what does this nondescript cloth smell like? Chloroform? Good.

Co-worker, Get the axe.

Lucky!

Hello. What can I get you? A ticket? Sure.

Hold on, Ma-am. I can't have your kid pick it. No, it's against the law. I don't care that he's an honor student and won a cake in musical chairs two years ago, I can't have a minor buy lottery. No, he can't. Nope. Nada. Don't care if it's for you. Your kid can sit pretty in his high-chair while you pick the ticket yourself.

The Kisser!

What? You want me to kiss the ticket for luck? Sorry, but I don't swing that way,

The middle finger!

(Possibly the oddest one I've seen)

I have never ever considered the middle finger lucky for two reasons:

1: Showing it off usually leads to a flattening of face by percussive application of fist.

2: Ok, make that one reason.

Ever have a customer want you to pick tickets using your middle finger instead of your index? I have.

The custom picker!

A ticket? Sure. Custom numbers? Sure. Here's the sheet.

What? You want to know my shoe size? Why? And my height? I'm not sure I'm comfortable with you knowing these. You think if you choose numbers related to you and me that you'll win? Did you ride in on rainbow vomiting unicorn from happy fun land? If so, direct me to the nearest candy portal and I'll have my flamethrower ready.

The Just asking!

How many people do you think out of all the lottery buyers realize that there isn't a magic button behind the counter to make them win?

Even if they are saying it sarcastically I hear it at least twice a work day. Seriously. If I could print the winning ticket whenever I wanted, I wouldn't be working.

And finally, the Returner!

Not so much of a superstition as a singular event of stupidity to encompass, entrap and overwhelm all stupidity.

A man wanted to return his lottery ticket because he didn't win.

How about that.

[pageantmama]

Lucky!

Hello. What can I get you? A ticket? Sure.

Hold on, Ma-am. I can't have your kid pick it. No, it's against the law. I don't care that he's an honor student and won a cake in musical chairs two years ago, I can't have a minor buy lottery. No, he can't. Nope. Nada. Don't care if it's for you. Your kid can sit pretty in his high-chair while you pick the ticket yourself.

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I have to say that I am almost guilty of that. I understand the law now though. There was one time I was a bad girl. I was at the park with my kids, there was maybe a few walkers there, the people that walk around the track then leave. I found 10.00 by the swings. I asked the people walking if they lost any money and no one did so I kept it. While we were at another store I was like what the heck, I am going to use the machine out front that is like a lottery vending machine since it was basically found money anyway. I am not a "pro" so I didn't realize that getting one ticket of each was a nono, lol so I let my kids pick one each and I picked the other 7 (dollar ones of course) My oldest son won 5.00 and I told him he could keep it but he wanted to try again. I put in the money and he wanted to let my other 2 kids pick one and he got the other 3. The other 2 got nothing again, like I did before, but that little booger ended up winning 100.00 with the one he picked! He wanted to spend it all in the machine again, guess that is how gamblers are born Since he won both times I am tempted to let him pick for me again but I know better now. I didn't know at the time that you could not let them pick them but the lady that cashed it in for me at the counter told me that I was not supposed to let them push the button or even point at it or she could refuse to cash it in. But she was nice about it, maybe because I was very apologetic and sincere about it instead of jumping down her throat for a rule she did not make

Oh and yes, I did let him spend it since he won it. Awesome big brother that he is he gave my 2 youngest 20.00 each and then bought him a video game that he had been wanting that we could not afford for himself

[johnb1]

I can believe it

I used to "volunteer" for a few bingos in my time, and yeah, there's that whole superstition thing going on. Honestly, it's like some kinda cult or something. "Could you sell me a good ticket/a winner?" (duh- if I knew which ticket was the winner in advance, do you think I'd sell it to you for a buck?) "One from the top, one from the bottom, and one from the middle". (whatever). Oh, I have my lucky whatever with me tonight, surely it'll help me. And, oh, the rudeness and the gimme-gimme and if you run out, it must be kinda your fault. People that didn't buy from you before, you can walk past them twice, nothing, then there was a huge rush and oh they just gotta have that ticket. Thankfully I don't have to do that anymore-I get to work the occasional casino, though-Ah progress. So, yeah, I can totally believe. the worst was at the end of the night at one place, we had to around picking up the used paper bingo cards, the digi machines, and emptying the full ashtrays. That was pretty much it for me. You can't smoke in the bingo halls anymore, and we've had a few more casinos open up, so much for bingos

Happy Holidaze everyone

JB

[El Pollo Guerrera]

A man wanted to return his lottery ticket because he didn't win.

Just... wow.

And do ya wanna bet that he/she's have said "Well they did it for me before!"

[BrenDAnn]

I had one tonight that nearly made me fall over in shock. Guy brought in $23 worth of winning scratchers. He used that to buy $22 worth of $2 scratchers. Then, he asked me for $100 in a certain $1 scratcher. Yes, 100 $1 scratch tickets. Like I said, I nearly fell over. I know some of you are going "yeah, so?" but that was the most I've ever sold at once, that I can recall. I asked him to verify that he'd said 100, to make sure I heard it right, and made sure to carefully count the tickets. Honestly, this is a game where the top prize is $1500, and you'd be lucky to win that at all. $100 in tickets is sheer craziness!

[Tama]

Well, some of those $1 gift cards have better odds for generally winning any prize.

Was there a particular kind he bought, and did you notice what odds there were?

I was once one of these people...

I have reformed.

[BrenDAnn]

Tama, it was a winter themed one, and the odds of winning the top prize are 1 in 120,000, according to the lottery website. the odds for 1 in 100 tickets? A five dollar prize. I hope whatever he got was worth it!

[Shalom]

I didn't know at the time that you could not let them pick them but the lady that cashed it in for me at the counter told me that I was not supposed to let them push the button or even point at it or she could refuse to cash it in.

When I was a kid, my mom used to sneak me into the voting booth on election day and let me pull the levers. She always told me which ones to pull, but even so it was probably illegal...

Oh, I have my lucky whatever with me tonight, surely it'll help me.

Many years ago, Ann Landers printed a letter from a lady who was part of a poker club, and she was complaining about another lady there who would take out her teeth and put them on top of her chips for good luck... and of course she'd start winning. Maybe it was because it put the other players off their stride or something. AL replied, "It is in bad taste to dismantle oneself in the presence of others.. Tell "Zelda" the ladies would appreciate it if she would keep her choppers off the chips."

[MoonCat]

Tell me, what does this nondescript cloth smell like? Chloroform? Good.

I love it.