Powerball Stories
Here is my Powerball story:
I walked into the gas station or convenience store. I ask the person politely for five Powerball tickets. I neatly fold up the ticket into my wallet. Just before I sleep, I take around five minutes to ponder what I would do if I won the lottery including how I wouldn't tell anyone for a while. Then I check the losing ticket in my wallet after a few days. Repeat.
With no major breaking news according to the major news media, they have put the high Powerball jackpot near the top of headlines. There's plenty of stories of how you have no chance of winning, how you shouldn't play the lottery, how you get significantly less than the advertised jackpot, and, of course, the horror stories (many life ruining) that have come from previous jackpots winner. But where are the articles about how huge jackpot changed people's lives for the better? There must be some of those...