National Lottery "win"!
I'm sure we're not alone in having done this but here goes:

About 15 years ago, I shared a house with a couple of friends: Darren and Lorraine. We were all in our mid-twenties.

Lorraine was a really sweet girl but she could be a bit gullible, so Darren and myself hatched a plan...

It was early Saturday evening and we were having a few drinks at home, before going to the pub. We'd always watch the National Lottery draw and check our numbers (we had a house syndicate), to decide if we were going out to celebrate a win. Or not. Most weeks it was the latter.

I had our lottery slip and just before the lottery numbers were drawn, Darren and I needed refills. So we gave the lottery ticket to Lorraine and exited to the kitchen for more beer. Whilst there, we listened to the sounds coming from the living room:

Lottery announcer: "And tonight's first ball: twenty six!"
Lorraine: "ooh!"
Announcer: "...and it's thirty nine!"
Lorraine: "Thirty... nine!"
Announcer: "...that's number six!"
Lorraine: "WE WON A TENNER!"
Announcer: "...forty two!"
Lorraine: "Woo!"
Announcer: "...and the fifth ball...thirty!"
Lorraine: "Ooh, fuckin' 'ell, we've got five numbers!"
Announcer: "...good luck...ball number six is...seven!"
Lorraine: "Fucking...Ffffffuck...shit...fucking hell! We've won the fucking lottery!"

Darren and I were beside ourselves in the kitchen. We left it a couple of minutes before returning to the living room and taking the VHS tape out of the VCR with the previous week's lottery draw recorded on it.
( <>Dog www.stevelaker.blog, Mon 16 Jan 2012, 13:26, 1 reply)

My plan is no longer secret
Who uses the lottery numbers that were drawn the previous week?


(Other than me?)
(Spill, Mon 16 Jan 2012, 13:52, closed)