The Lottery Experiment April

Week 15

 For the first Saturday of the month I had $22.68 in the Tip Jar. Since I've bought all the available tickets it was time to start over. I was planning on buying one of two $10 tickets for their color so I could use them in my project. I spun my lucky coin and it landed on the one with the potential $50000 jackpot. The coin was right, I won, $10. I'm starting out the month on another push. It would be nice to come out ahead but walking away with what I spent isn't bad.

Week 16

Like every other Sunday there was another temptation. This time it was game 666 which is in space 13 and the ticket was #007. Once again I decided to stick to the rules and ignore the numbers. Someone came in on Monday and bought it but they didn't come back so I don't know if it was a winner or a loser. And it means when Saturday rolls around I won't buy it.

Saturday rolled around and I had $14.03 in the Tip Jar. There were two new tickets, one for five dollars and one for 10. I decided to go with the $10 ticket because I liked the color. It had a potential jackpot of $20 thousand. And it was a loser. Oh well. 

Later on Saturday I found another lottery ticket outside, it was the same game as I had lost on. It wasn't a winner either. But I have two tickets towards my project. I really need to get busy on it. 

Week 17

This week I had $6.51 in the Tip Jar. I had a choice between a ticket that was going to run out or the new game. I went with the new $5 ticket, it has a potential jackpot of $25k. It wasn't a winner but it's a second chance drawing and the overall ticket is black which is good for my art project.

The scanner for people to check their own tickets quit working so I had to do a hard reboot of the system. I needed to check it but the only old draw ticket I had was a winner and the scanner ignores those since it had already been cashed out. I needed a loser so I was tempted to buy one for the afternoon draw and test it out. However a guy came in to check tickets and one of his draw ticket was a loser so I could check it on the scanner and it was working. So, that saved me a dollar.

Week 18

And then everything went sideways. There was a firing at one of the other stations at the company where I work and the boss wants me to go over and run the afternoon shift. The problem is they don't sell lottery tickets so I can't buy my own anymore. I can go by once a week and keep the thing going but do I want to is the question. If I quit now I end it down. I have 5 days to think about it. Also I'll have to shift my purchase day to Friday.

I've been on my new job for 24 hours and have had to go to the old station two days in a row. I ended up having to cover for an hour so I figured what the heck, I'd buy the last April ticket. I had an even $7 in the Tip Jar and there is a game that will be ending soon so since we have a few left I figured I would buy it while I had the chance. It is a $5 ticket with a potential jackpot of $200. It doesn't have the best of color for my project but I can make it work. Anyhow it wasn't a winner so I'm ending the month down. I have no idea what will happen at work for the next few months. The good news is since I won't be around the tickets all day I won't be making stupid decisions based on lucky numbers or the week being just right, or the Fates telling me "buy this, buy this now!" Perhaps I can get a better grip on the whole experiment. It also means I won't buy a ticket for a week and a half.

My April Total

I spent $92 on scratch tickets.

$14 on Powerball tickets.

 Won $79

Found a ticket good for a free $2 ticket

Was tipped a $5 ticket.

Got a $4 lottery tip. 

I entered 16 Second Chance tickets on line

At the end of the month I am down $23 in the regular lottery experiment. 

I also have $180.00 in the Alternate Fund

The Art Project

I spent $20 on tickets.

I got one free ticket

I won $3

I'm down $17 but it's for art so....

So overall I'm down a total of $39 thanks to art.