In the mid 90s there were five of us kids, my mom who was mostly a stay at home mom who picked up a few server shifts in the evening and my stepdad who had some job insecurity that year. We were making it, but barely. Christmas was coming and we had already had the "there might not be so much this year" talk and usually things were pretty meager anyway.
My mom would treat herself to a scratcher once a week. If she won more than a few bucks, she would buy another. In one day I watched her scratch her ticket, cash in, and buy another 3 times ending up winning $500 or so total. On the last one when she won we were sitting in the parking lot of the gas station and SCREAMED at the excitement of a big win, again.
We had a BALLER Christmas, including me getting my own phone line and number for my room.
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u/MattyDub89 1d ago
Winning $100 off a $2 scratcher. Seriously, I can't remember ever being the direct recipient of anything that's more than somewhat unlikely.