My Final "30 Something" Fifth Thursday

Today is indeed the last Fifth Thursday before I leave my 30s behind.  The day is half over and I can't point to any noteworthy events.  I think I'm going to walk to the store after work and buy some lottery tickets since the foundation of this blog is a theory that this is my lucky day (or my unlucky day but let's be positive).  I'm going to spend exactly $5 and buy one Powerball, one Mega Millions, one Lotto, one Hit 5, and one Match 4.  I'm sure the person who rings me up will think I've got a screw loose but my odds of winning are actually better that way.  I go from no chance at winning anything to a long shot at five different games.  Contrast that to spending all $5 on one game... those five chance are effectively the same long shot as one chance but I only get to play once.  This is why I only ever spend $1 on lottery tickets when I buy them... going from zero chance to some chance is the only time your odds increase significantly.

UPDATE 6/30 @8PM
So I found that the Match 4 tickets actually cost $2.  I could have said I didn't want it and gotten a Daily Game ticket instead but since the the ticket was already printed I decided not to risk giving up a ticket that could already be a winner.  I figured having 5 tickets was the most important part to stay true to my lucky number.  Then, on my walk back, I found exactly 5 pennies laying in the street... hopefully 5 lucky pennies, but we shall see.

UPDATE 7/1 @8AM
Match 4 numbers... my ticket: 02-05-11-19... drawn: 14-15-18-23...
Result: not winning :(

UPDATE 7/2 @10AM
Mega Millions numbers... my ticket: 06-07-20-35-48 13... drawn: 12-17-30-35-47 26...
Result: matched one number but that's still not winning :(

UPDATE 7/3 @11AM
Hit 5 numbers... my ticket: 05-08-12-18-39... drawn: 01-14-27-30-31...
Lotto numbers... my ticket: 05-14-20-27-41-48 and 11-18-34-36-40-42... drawn: 07-10-24-26-41-44...
Powerball numbers... my ticket: 15-19-25-44-55 17... drawn: 01-11-18-29-51 32...
Result: seriously not winning :(