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Gymbo

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3. I won 5 numbers in the California lottery 25 years ago.

Reply to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Tue Dec 23, 2025, 10:25 AM

Yesterday

I went to claim the win and the clerk told me he couldn't pay me. I had misread the ticket and had won 5 numbers, not four, and the ticket was a $90,000 winner. I went home and gave the ticket to my mother. She had a greater need than I did, and it was pure pleasure to see her claim the win.

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