{"id":130,"date":"2007-01-19T13:09:00","date_gmt":"2007-01-19T13:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vyrdolak.com\/wordpress\/?p=130"},"modified":"2007-01-19T13:09:00","modified_gmt":"2007-01-19T13:09:00","slug":"its-not-my-fault","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vyrdolak.com\/wordpress\/?p=130","title":{"rendered":"It’s not my fault!!!!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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I used to have a serious lottery addiction. I admit it. There are six daily “jackpot” drawings per week here in Massachusetts, and I bought one ticket for each drawing without fail. That was it, just one per drawing, and I didn’t play the scratch tickets or the daily numbers or the big mega-state games. But I had to have those stupid tickets. I worked my schedule around making sure I got to the store at least twice a week for my “fix.” It was<\/u> an addiction, because I got all anxious if I missed one–Murphy’s Law, that would be the one I would have won! And the resentment and stress I felt every time I didn’t win was…well, it was ridiculous. It wasn’t the biggest gambling addiction on earth, but it was costing me $416 per year, and I never won more than $250, and that was only once.<\/p>\n

I already kept a very tight budget, I track every last penny (literally!) in a huge spreadsheet. But when I quit my job this summer to become a small business owner, I decided there were a few unnecessary expenditures I could cut down or out. I broke my lottery jones. Not quite cold turkey, but I cut back buying tickets at the start of July, and by August I wasn’t buying them at all. What a relief.<\/p>\n

But I totally disavow<\/u> any responsibility whatsoever for the phenomenon reported in today’s Boston Globe<\/i>!!!<\/p>\n

Lottery revenue drop worries officials: $71m decline in first 5 months<\/a><\/p>\n

I wasn’t spending that<\/u> much! Honest! It’s kind of a weird concidence, though. I mean, my reasons for stopping don’t have much to do with external circumstances, and people tend to buy more<\/u> lottery tickets when times are tough. Go figure.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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