Peacocks

HI LUCKY PEOPLE!
Its Day 9 and the scratchy challenge is going ok.
First of all, the Lucky Strike game actually ended at the end of Jan, so I scrapped that one, since I couldnt find tickets any more, and on changed over to
PEACOCK CASH! which is februarys official scratchy.. And might i add, way to go Lotteries website for NOT telling me about the changes every month....

I have won a $2 win and a few free tickets!!
YAY! Here is some evidence. I know, hold your excitement...



It's getting to be more of a challenge to go to a different lotteries agent every time though, there are always heaps of them around..when you arent looking for them. :)

I think I may be getting a slight "instant lotto" addiction, because I should have 9 tickets, including the 4 winning ones.. I have 17... hmmmm whoops.
I will try to re-restrain myself to the planned 1-per-day rule, although I cant make any guarantees here, I'm digging Peacock cash.

Coming up on February 14 is Chinese New Year, which is year of the Tiger. There's all kinds of lucky things the chinese do on Chinese new year, so im going to try and find some of these and do them...

Keeping up the enthusiasm

Its day 3 of 28 of the month long "instant lotteries challenge" and so far I have had 3 losing tickets...

I thought about the challenge today, and I dont actually think that I will win anything substatial, especially after reading about the actual odds (see previous post), but I still feel positive about getting through the challenge. Im interested to see how many losses it takes until the enthusiasm and motivation to find a new ticket at a new outlet will last me..

In other lucky stories, i'm filming a TV commercial this evening, which I can only do because of some lucky circumstances. (otherwise i'd have to turn it down :( no!!! )
The exact time that I have to be at the shoot is 9:30.
The time i finish my evening class is 9:30 and the two locations are one street-block away from each other.... Nice...

Thanks Lady Luck.

Taking a Year off from Poker

Here's a lucky story..
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Uni student Tyron Krost wins 2010 Aussie Millions Poker Championship
From: The Daily Telegraph February 01, 2010 11:30AM

Tyron Krost is $2 million dollars richer after winning the largest prize ever awarded in a live poker tournament in the Southern Hemisphere.

A 23-YEAR-OLD university student from Sydney has become a multi-millionaire literally overnight after a shock win at one of the world's biggest poker tournaments. The Daily Telegraph reports Tyron Krost came from nowhere to knock out 746 other players and win Crown Casino's 2010 Aussie Millions Poker Championship, pocketing a cool $2 million prize.

But his biggest luck was simply competing in a tournament he very nearly decided not to enter. After taking a year off poker to focus on his studies at UNSW, Krost entered the showdown via a satellite tournament he was dragged to by a friend after other plans fell through.

"I was looking for something else to do that night," he said.

Now after a marathon 13 hour all-night sitting, Krost stunned the poker world - and himself.

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Wow, Lady Luck has smiled on you Tyron Krost!!

What interests me is the sentence "After taking a year off poker" , umm, seriously how much poker did this kid play before taking this year-off from poker???

Also, He "was dragged there by a friend".
Damn Tyron Krost, you had better be giving that friend of yours some of that sweet poker cash!!!!

So ill have to put this one down as an example of proof for Hard Work + Random luck.

Because the fact that he "took a year off poker" tells me he has put some seriously lonely lady-free hours into his poker-love in the past...

I wonder if he will go back to Uni now that he has all that sweet cash??
Or will he bet it all on Black in Vegas??

28 wins in 28 days

Happy February!!
In an earlier post, I mentioned that I’d be trying to think of a few month-long challenges to test out my luck. Here is the first of a whole month challenge for the Lady Luck Project..

28 wins in 28 days?
For the 28 days of February ill be getting one $1 instant lottery scratchy every single day to test some random luck. I’m going to attempt to get each scratchy from a different lotteries agent, to spread out my chances. Results will be posted daily (except on weekends where I avoid all computers like they are a bad disease) so stay tuned to see if February is a lucky month. Any other “lucky” activities will still be posted too.

I don’t think ill be instantly rich if I manage to win $20,000 but it will certainly make me and my mortgage balance very very happy.

At the moment there are TWO $1 instant lotteries in circulation.
“Strike it rich” and “Snag the cash” giving me two chances at the $20,000 grand prize. HOWEVER, the lovely people at NSW lotteries have a web site which shows what suburbs the Major prizes were sold in, and when. And the “Snag the cash” game, well she has already been won… This means I’m immediately banning any purchases of the “snag the cash” tickets!!!!

So here is the reality, by this I mean the real world depressing stats of me actually winning.
There are 1,400,000 tickets available for the “strike it rich” comp. (Yikes!!)
To win ANYTHING I have a 1 in 4.8 chance. That doesn’t sound too bad??
98,500 will win a free ticket ,
100,000 will win $2 ,
58,000 will in $4
18,000 will win $6
10,000 will win $8
6,705 will win $10
600 will win $20 (ok getting seriously low now)
23 will win $200 (really? Only 23 people get $200?)
4 will win $2000
And
1 will win $20,000

Which means, 1, 108 167 people will win nothing, nada, squat, diddly, zip…

Guess What?
February 1 2010, I’m one of those 1.1 million losers.
Better luck tomorrow?

Nobody's gonna rain on my parade

Ok, here's some everyday basic but awesome luck.
Yesterday getting off the train from my LOOONG 2 hour commute home
(what’s with the extra stopping pattern city rail?)
I did the standard walk back to the commuter car park.
I could smell the rain in the air coming, and once I got to the car, I could literally count down from 3....2.....1 BANG!!!
Down came the heavens with the full brunt of their mighty force!
I'm talking EPIC, torrential, soaking rain.
Lucky for me, I managed to get to my car 3 seconds earlier and avoid the enormous drenching that I was watching my fellow commuters cop full on.
Thanks Lady luck, aint no one gonna rain on MY parade….

Keep on trying

Wednesday Lotto.... no win

5 Instant scratchies .... no win

So i think this week i am going to start thinking of some monthly challenges, as this will be a very boring experiment should i just do random stuff.

Misery Loves company?

OK So Two famous sayings are:
"Misery loves company" , and
"Money can't buy you happiness"
SOOOOOOOOOOO
How about trying a collective 3 person lotto entry so we can collectively be miserable with our money??

Today’s crack at being lucky is a new approach to the lotto, and an entry in what is statistically the best odds to win, Oz Lotto.
Come Wednesday I'll either be wrapping up the blog and on my way to Vegas, OR… trying a new approach.

Wish me luck!
VEGAS BABY!!!

Lotto Day has come and gone.... no luck here at all....No winnings.
Time for a new approach...
Out of my 2 games I got 2 numbers and 0 numbers
Sally got 2 numbers and 1 number
Nam got nothing....
2 lucky winners got $15 Million each.. I wonder what they are up to today??