All You Need is $5 and a Shattered Dream

Wanna hear a story about having absolutely no luck? Take Joanne. Joanne is one of my mom's closest friends for years now. She's married with 2 kids and has always had money trouble for as long as I can remember. Joanne likes to play the lottery every week- scratch offs mostly, hoping to someday hit big. For Mother's Day Joanne bought her mom and sister each a $5 Mother's Day scratch off. Her mom hit nothing, her sister on the other hand- $250,000. While I'm sure she was happy for her sister, that just sucks. You play every week and never hit more than say $100. You give someone a $5 gift and they make about 5 years salary off it. Now I'm wondering to see if maybe her sister will give her a little piece of it (I know I would). I can tell you one thing though, I won't be giving people scratch offs as gifts anymore. I don't think I could handle that.