The Lottery Experiment September
Week 37 This week I ended up with $37.87 in the Tip Jar. I could buy any ticket but I'm still avoiding the $20 one. The station finally has a new $1 ticket with a payout of $1000 dollars, and is a second chance game. When I went to the station I asked the guy for the new ticket, which was in slot #3 but he grabbed the wrong one out of slot #7. I didn't notice until after I scratched it so I was stuck with it. The one he sold me was a $1 ticket with a potential $500 jackpot. What do you know, I actually won back my dollar! I should have taken the win and walked away but I had come for the new ticket so I traded in the winner for the right ticket, and lost. In the end I'm starting the month down a dollar instead of breaking even for the week. Week 38 Thanks to buying low priced tickets and people being extra generous, or clumsy with their money, the Tip Jar reached $46.21. Since I'm going to buy a low end ticket again this week I rolled $20 over into the Alternative Fund...