Some people are lucky and some people are not. You can try all your life to win big and never win more than $100. Then someone can walk into a store buy a lottery ticket and win.
It never fails I read a story like this and I think to myself "why is it that I never win the lottery?" It's a valid question with a valid answer. I seem to never play the lottery. I kick myself every time I see a big winner.
I love when good things happen to people here in Amarillo. I would say winning the lottery would be one of those things. I know we hear the horror stories of people that go crazy with the winnings. There are also cautionary tales of people who win that have family coming out of the wood works that all of a sudden need money.
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Hey we've all been there, stopped in a store buying a drink and a snack and looked over at the counter and said, hey hand me one of the "so and so" scratch offs. Well I don't know about you but, I the most I have ever won from a scratch off is $100 and that was over 7 years ago. However, one Amarillo resident's life changed when he bought his scratch off.