Heady from my lottery triumph of Friday the thirteenth, I considered buying a few more tickets for that particular game. I went online to study the odds, noted the fact that none of the top prizes had been claimed yet, talked with Alan and decided to spend $100 on the game. Tickets are $10, so this morning I obtained ten tickets. Four out of ten were winners: I won $20 each on two and on two others I won one additional game ticket.

As far as the two additional tickets, both were winners: one scored me one hundred dollars and the other another free ticket. I haven't exchanged that free ticket yet, so I don't know if it will produce anything. Still, I won back my initial stake, plus $40 and 3 free tickets, and all those chances to win (20 per ticket) were essentially free.

I think what I will do, since I have my initial investment back, is use the $40 winnings to buy four more tickets; it's more chances to win without actually costing us any more money. I'm not spending the food money on the games, nor am I banking on a win to finance our retirement, but I think as long as I don't have to come out-of-pocket with additional funds, I'll keep rolling the winnings into tickets, just to see. Don't get me wrong: sure I'd love to be a lottery millionaire, but it would be great to win any decent-sized chunk so I could pay down on the mortgage, finance a guilt-free trip, or throw into savings.

Or buy more puppehs. Either way.