Lottery Numbers

Last Saturday, I had Calgrit8 with me when I stopped in a convenience store to buy a lottery ticket. On a lark, I got him to pick out the numbers for me. He wasn’t interested – he had his eyes on the candy – but he did pick out four of the five main numbers. I picked out the fifth main number and the powerball number.

The next day, I checked the winning numbers, and lo and behold, we had 3 matching numbers. That’s seven bucks!

Is this a sign? Does my son have the gift? In the three years I’ve been playing the lottery, I’ve only matched at most 2 numbers three or four times, (winning $3 and $4). I didn’t tell Calfgrit8 that his picks won.

A few days later, before the next drawing, I stopped by the store and picked up a blank lottery form. The next morning, I had both my boys each pick a full series of numbers on the form. Two chances to win, both chances using my children’s luck.

Wouldn’t it be amazing if we won the jackpot from the choices of an 8 and a 5 year old? If we won, I decided I wasn’t going to tell anyone that my boys picked the winning numbers on their first tries. What would happen if I did tell? What kind of weirdness would come up if people thought one or both of my young boys had the ability to predict the lottery numbers?

The drawing was Wednesday night. Thursday morning, I checked the web site. Nothing. We didn’t match a single number. Nothing even close.

Oh well. Our lives are probably better off without some strange future-telling magic powers complicating it.

Bullgrit