Today, I drove 3 hours to the Capitol and back to cash my winning scratch ticket of $2000. When I got there, it was pointed out to me that it wasn't in fact a winning ticket. I'd already planned a weekend vacation at an adventure park the next state over. I’m flat broke and rent is due. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, I went to get a scratch off lottery ticket, and the dude in front of me got the same one I was going to get. He won 500 dollars. I got 2 bucks. FML
Today, I got a scratcher lottery ticket, scratched it in the store, and won $5,000! I screamed and danced around. The guy next to me shoved me over, yanked the ticket from my hands, and tore ass out the door. The cops couldn't find him. FML
Today, behind a cabinet, I found a scratch-off lottery ticket I hadn't scratched yet. After scratching it off, I realized it's a $2,500 winner. The lottery commission won't accept it because they stopped using that game 2 years ago. FML
Today, I scratched a lottery ticket I had gotten for my birthday and won $10,000. In celebration, I jumped up and raised my hands directly into a ceiling fan. Oh, and it was a fake ticket. FML
Today, I got an expensive return bus ticket to visit my family 200 miles away. I accidentally tore the ticket when taking it from the machine, but the driver said not to worry, as it would still be accepted on the way back. Guess who's still 200 miles from home. FML
Today, I went to the casino and put $500 into a game and lost it all. I tried another $100 and won it all back, plus some. Instead of walking out ahead, I kept trying to hit bigger and ended up losing all my rent money. Rent is due and now I can’t pay it. FML
Today, I won 20 dollars on a lotto scratch off. My friend, pissed, makes me split the money, saying it was collateral for the gas money used to get us there. He then used his 10 dollars on a scratch off, and won 500 dollars. The jackass wouldn't split it. FML
Today, I got a $200 bonus at work and was super excited about getting a plane ticket to see my family. On the way back from work I got a $300 speeding ticket. FML
Today, to prove a point to my brother that playing the lotto isn't a sure thing. I got a $10 scratcher. Thinking I'd get nothing or maybe just another scratcher, I ended up winning a free scratcher plus $100. The second scratcher I got an additional $50. Now he's even more confident he'll win every time. FML
Today, while buying lottery tickets, I mixed up "jackpot" and "scratch off" and asked for "$10 worth of jackoffs." FML
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MrBlaTi 7
Why was your first instinct to plan a weekend vacation when winning 2000$, being broke and having due rent?
mike3775 39
Why did you not scan the ticket? Also, why did you make plans for the money before you even verified the ticket was a winner?
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Comments (7)
RichardPencil 32
Of course you won. The lottery was totally rigged and stolen from you! You won by millions of dollars. You have to stop the steal. Go to the Capitol with your horned helmet and confederate flag and claim your rightful winnings. Buy a MyPillow with your winnings.
JasonThorn 23
Convenience stores usually have machines that scan tickets to verify if they are winners. Was one not available?
mike3775 39
Why did you not scan the ticket? Also, why did you make plans for the money before you even verified the ticket was a winner?
MrBlaTi 7
Why was your first instinct to plan a weekend vacation when winning 2000$, being broke and having due rent?
Nhayaa2.0 17
It's the rent for the vacation that is due. Duh.
whicks1892 7
that's how people stay broke
Mrs.Rabbit 6
if you're that broke, why are you spending possible earnings on a vacation instead of putting it in savings for months when things get too tight financially?
rotflqtms_ 21
Well, how do you think they became flat broke in the fist place? By planning and saving or by taking unnecessary vacations. Don't think OP will ever stop being flat broke the way they are with money. OP spends money before they even have it... Saving? Ha!!! Not OP!
whicks1892 7
that's smart. people stay broke by bad financial planning
JBChristian 47
If you're flat broke, the expected $2k should have been going into a savings account as an emergency fund. That, or investing it into increasing your income.