You’ve read the headlines:
“WESTERN 649 proves lucky again with $1 million win in Calgary”
“$101 Million Lottery Ticket Sold In Texas”
“Jobless maid from Kilmarnock sparkling after cleaning up with £2.2m”
And you wonder: “Why can’t this be me?”
Perhaps some of these people are just lucky. Media stories often focus on the unemployed guy who just “had a feeling” and decided to buy a ticket for the first time in years risking his last five bucks. Or the 75-year-old couple that recently lost all their possessions in a fiery blaze and then finally won the very next day using the “lucky” numbers they’ve been playing since their honeymoon in 1944.
