WOMAN WINS LOTTERY AFTER PLAYING SAME NUMBERS FOR 27 YEARS

A Boise, Idaho, woman’s habit of playing the same lottery numbers for 27 years finally paid off when the numbers earned her a $390,000 jackpot. Rosemary Loveland said she has been entering the same numbers in the weekly drawings since the Idaho Lottery began in 1989, and last Friday morning she discovered her numbers for Thursday night’s drawing qualified her for the second-tier prize on the Idaho Lottery Draw Game Lucky for Life – $25,000 a year for life, or a $390,000 lump sum. Loveland, who took the lump sum option, said she plans to invest her winnings for her children and grandchildren.
* Sometimes being in a rut pays off.
* Lucky for Life? Maybe lucky for what’s left of her life.
* In the news photo she looks about 80, so, yeah, lump sum would be the way to go.
* This is great. Now she can treat herself to EXTRA-STRENGTH Arthritis-Formula Advil.
* Don’t give it all to the kids. Live a little. Take a trip to Pocatello.
* The Lucky For Life game is a $2 ticket with drawings twice a week. 52 weeks x 2 drawings per week = 104 drawings x 27 years = 2,808 drawings x $2 per ticket = $5,616 she spent to win $390,000.
* Of course, I lost my math skills trying to figure out the electoral college.
* Sounds like it’s going to be one hot, rocking time in Boise this weekend.
* For those of you who think that it was a matter of time, remember, chance has no memory.
* In other words, the previous 27 years of losing has no bearing on the chances of her winning the lottery last Friday.
* Although I’ve already admitted to being bad at math.
* How about this: the lottery people ask her to say she’s been playing for 27 years, so everybody else will keep playing THEIR regular numbers, too.