Fake Winning Lottery Ticket Causes Ecstasy -- Then Fury. What Now?

[The Truth]

I received one of those scratch offs one time. It was for 25k.


I wasn't remotely excited. I just felt bad that I considered not telling anyone at all. I thought about just putting it in my pocket and cashing it later instead of making a big fuss.


I decided to tell everyone after about 2 seconds. I said, "I think I won 25k." About 4 seconds later I realized it was a joke as I read the back.


So, gag lasted a total of maybe 15 seconds.



Granted the only thing I do with money is buy other people stuff. I don't really want to buy anything. I didn't get very excited either way.

::shrug::


I guess overall I found it slightly amusing. Mostly because I thought about how much my mother and some aunts and uncles love scratch offs, and how huge it would be on them.

I decided not to do it to them cause they would flip out. People that are generally not good money managers always need money, and get extremely pumped when they run into any sum of money. I've seen people go nuts over 500 dollar scratch offs. These same people could buy a new car with the money they've put into gambling, and they generally could use a new car.