heh, "discharged from the hospital."

/won $97 once
//no lightning involved

i won $500 once. it was cool.

Wonder how lucky she will feel when they tell her she's too young to play the lottery.

Wow, is it really that rare to win $20 from a scratch-off lottery ticket? LOL, lottery ticket buyers are dumber than I thought!

i lost at vegas a bunch.

FatRepublican: Wonder how lucky she will feel when they tell her she's too young to play the lottery.

Leave it to a Fat Republican to rain on her parade.

Since I got struck by lightning under similar circumstances, I'm getting a jolt out of this...

/Also been tasered

Real lucky to win 20 bucks when her hospital bill is about 20X that

Side note:

Holding a metal object will increase your chance of surviving a lightning strike.

True.

Not impressed:

Seriously? I want my 20 seconds back. That was lame and stupid.

Obergruppenfarker: FatRepublican: Wonder how lucky she will feel when they tell her she's too young to play the lottery.

Leave it to a Fat Republican to rain on her parade.

couldn't help it i guess

Damn god, give her at least $100 for her trouble.

What happened to the dumbass tag?

16? And is allowed to play the lottery?
I thought you had to be 18 at least to play.

It's not news, it's MSNBC.

That was God's bait and switch. Get her all excited about winning 20 bucks then give her the old kick in the coont with a lightning strike. God is a bit of a shait isn't he?

Fantastic way to raise a kid. Playing the lottery for a minor.

Now the kid is going to want to get hit by lightning every time it rains so mom will buy her a lottery ticket.

Terrible parents. Let the girl get the money like other girls her age, by snatching it from Girl Scouts. a

I've never won anything in the lottery before. Course, I've never been struck by lightning, either. Damn, I feel lucky!

Better than being hit with rocks after being hit with lightning.

/not at all obscure

FatRepublican: Wonder how lucky she will feel when they tell her she's too young to play the lottery.

I was going to say the same. The site with the rules seems to be down.

The lard really does work in mysterious ways.

What's this about a 16 year old girl getting a shocker?

jpeckinp: 16? And is allowed to play the lottery?
I thought you had to be 18 at least to play.

Why don't people RTFA!!

You know, if she saves that $20 really well, in a really good bank account, she might just have barely enough to buy a tank of gas in a couple of decades.

Lucky Lucky Lucky

/shocking
//ZZZZZZZTTTTTTT

I won $7 playing PowerBall once. =:-o

Barely a lightening strike at all, and barely a lottery win.

Fits I guess.

So did she use the $20 to buy some clean undies?

Ha! Too bad she is under 18 and can't legally play the lottery yet.

/At least thats how it is in NY

Accent: Side note:

Holding a metal object will increase your chance of surviving a lightning strike.

True.

So do you cary a lightning rod with you during thunderstorms?

Several years ago I worked at a gas station and we had several lotto addicted regulars that more or less handed me their entire welfare check playing scratch off tickets.

One older black guy would always come in on the 3rd of the month, hand me a $100 bill and get five $1 scratch offs. This continued for hours, he would play several of each ticket, winning $5 or $10 here and there but losing nonetheless. After an hour or 2 of losing I would groan when he broke out another $100 bill and slowly hand all of it over to me too. He'd typically blow $400 or $500 on the 3rd of the month and would be back like clockwork as soon as he could get his next welfare check cashed.

The poor bastard threatened to kill me once. He had gone though 75 of the same game one night with his last cash and didn't win anything off that roll. While he's still in the store I decide to buy the next one, scratch it off and won $100. Oh was dude pissed, accused me of playing on his luck and practically stealing his money. I told him it was his lack of luck and to GTFO before I called the cops, for he was getting animated and upset. Sure enough, he was back next month and gave me that entire check too.

Why the fark is this news?

Meh, I won $10,000 off a $5 scratch ticket a few years back.

one summer, way back when I was in college- well working a summer job actually- It was Saturday & I had about $20 cash on me. I planned to just grab a case of beer and hang out with a buddy. I stopped by the convenience store he was working at, to shoot the shiat and figure out what the evening's plan was. He agreed, low-key and cheap. For laughs, I threw a buck down and asked him to grab me a scratch ticket that hadn't had a winner in a while. He obliged, looked them over for a bit, and grabbed one, saying "this hasn't one hasn't had a winner in a while, it's due." I scratched it and won $200 bucks. So I said, "Let's call the boys and hit the town tonight"

Long story short, had I NOT won the lottery that day I would have spent about 20 bucks on beer and pizza. But instead, I spent about $400 bucks, mostly at a strip joint (with an ATM).

I had a great time, but as I was chowing down Ramen noodles for the next week waiting for my next paycheck, with no beer in the fridge, I sort of wished I hadn't won.

instantkarma78: Several years ago I worked at a gas station and we had several lotto addicted regulars that more or less handed me their entire welfare check playing scratch off tickets.

One older black guy would always come in on the 3rd of the month, hand me a $100 bill and get five $1 scratch offs. This continued for hours, he would play several of each ticket, winning $5 or $10 here and there but losing nonetheless. After an hour or 2 of losing I would groan when he broke out another $100 bill and slowly hand all of it over to me too. He'd typically blow $400 or $500 on the 3rd of the month and would be back like clockwork as soon as he could get his next welfare check cashed.

The poor bastard threatened to kill me once. He had gone though 75 of the same game one night with his last cash and didn't win anything off that roll. While he's still in the store I decide to buy the next one, scratch it off and won $100. Oh was dude pissed, accused me of playing on his luck and practically stealing his money. I told him it was his lack of luck and to GTFO before I called the cops, for he was getting animated and upset. Sure enough, he was back next month and gave me that entire check too.

Income redistribution...it's the American way.

Dear God,

Please keep the lightning. I don't need $20.

Sincerely yours,
The Tony Danzas

My grandfather got hit by lightning TWICE in his life! He died 28 years ago of emphysema, six years BEFORE the lottery started in Missouri! Where the hell are HIS winning scratch-offs?

/Proof RIGHT THERE God hates me.
//My dad almost became a smear on the side of an I64 bridge in 1977 during a hazy drizzle at 4 am. Big 400 lb guy jackknifed his 18-wheeler and sheered off Dad's side door off his UPS tractor-truck and as the first guy looked on in horror, a third truck came by and the driver almost got decapitated by my dad's trailer that had just started jackknifing by then. First time Dad ever saw a fat, black guy go stark white and then fly out of his pants...apparently after slamming on his brakes, his truck after knifing, did that yawing that lifts the wheels over on one side so hard that the guy got jerked out of his seat...and pants! Amazingly though, all three guys were okay...I think my dad, being a UPS driver, might've been the originator for "Brown Trousers Time" that day. No lottery for them, either. Apparently bad weather close calls run on his side of the family..
///I think God's gonna have me fly around on a tornado harmlessly if the family angle's true...I do live in Kansas...but THAT WOULD BE AWESOME!!! Then I WOULD be a Witch!! SWEET!

16 year's old, don't you have to be 18 to play the lotto, they should take the money away from her... whore

My grandpa used to give us scratch off tickets when we were kids, and let us keep our winnings.

Usually $1 or so.

Juniper Jupiter Quote 2008-06-14 03:33:20 PM
My grandfather got hit by lightning TWICE in his life! He died 28 years ago of emphysema, six years BEFORE the lottery started in Missouri! Where the hell are HIS winning scratch-offs?

/Proof RIGHT THERE God hates me.
//My dad almost became a smear on the side of an I64 bridge in 1977 during a hazy drizzle at 4 am. Big 400 lb guy jackknifed his 18-wheeler and sheered off Dad's side door off his UPS tractor-truck and as the first guy looked on in horror, a third truck came by and the driver almost got decapitated by my dad's trailer that had just started jackknifing by then. First time Dad ever saw a fat, black guy go stark white and then fly out of his pants...apparently after slamming on his brakes, his truck after knifing, did that yawing that lifts the wheels over on one side so hard that the guy got jerked out of his seat...and pants! Amazingly though, all three guys were okay...I think my dad, being a UPS driver, might've been the originator for "Brown Trousers Time" that day. No lottery for them, either. Apparently bad weather close calls run on his side of the family..
///I think God's gonna have me fly around on a tornado harmlessly if the family angle's true...I do live in Kansas...but THAT WOULD BE AWESOME!!! Then I WOULD be a Witch!! SWEET!

I have no idea what you're on, but it would be greatly appreciated if you would share.

I won $2500 on a $1 scratch ticket in 1997.

Then got laid off two weeks later.

I hate it when that happens...

BreAnna? WTF?

HoboSong: BreAnna? WTF?

God should strike her parents...

Don't you have to be 18 to play the lottery?
WTF?


/throw 'er in jail

oh, her mother bought it

FARK YOU

headline LIES

"Trillian, is this sort of the thing ALWAYS going to happen when we use the Infinite Improbability Drive?"
"Very probably."

MrBigglesworth: Meh, I won $10,000 off a $5 scratch ticket a few years back.

How much of it did you actually get to keep after taxes?

"She went to close the window and the lightning came through and hit her,"

What!

Helsel said she saw the electricity shoot out of her fingers and into the overhead lights, immediately knocking out the house's power.


WHAT!

"Everyone said I'm really lucky," she said.

WHUTTHAFUKC!!

I had quite a few customers who had never been
late much less missed their payment. The lotto comes to
town and ...late....missed....Chap 7..

everlastinggobstopper: MrBigglesworth: Meh, I won $10,000 off a $5 scratch ticket a few years back.

How much of it did you actually get to keep after taxes?

$7100. 25% to the feds, 4% for the state, and after a check to make sure I didnt owe back taxes or have any child support past due.