Greedy Gang Member Finds $110K Lottery Ticket with the Words ‘For My Mom’ in Kid’s Handwriting — Story of the Day
Jack grew up in poverty and craved money more than anything as an adult, so he joined a gang. On his way to a heist, he found a winning lottery ticket worth $110k and went to cash it. However, he saw a note behind the ticket and made a surprising decision.
Jack stomped at the dirt in the park as he rushed to the local convenience store in Brooklyn. He was going to steal from the store and get out of there quickly. It was a nasty task as this was his neighborhood, but his gang boss had ordered it. He wanted to get it done quickly and get out of there swiftly.
Jack didn’t have anything as a child, and he grew up craving money. But he hated the idea of wasting away at a minimum wage job trying to make it.
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His mother didn’t have money to send him to college, and he was never dedicated to school anyway. Therefore, when the opportunity to join a big gang came, he took it and started running errands for them. His mother died shortly after that, so he didn’t have to feel guilty.
Now that he was older, he had to be part of the team, so to speak. He had to start doing specific jobs before he could play with the big boys and earn more money, so that’s what he did. But he wanted to be quick about it because cops frequented that spot, and he didn’t want anything to foil his plan.
His forehead was dripping in sweat as he walked, but he suddenly stopped. A lottery ticket was lying on the ground, and he almost stepped on it. Jack looked around, and there was no one around, so he picked it up and saw that it had yet to be scratched.
He bit his lower lip as he grabbed a coin from his pocket and scratched the surface. To his utter astonishment, it was a winning ticket and the prize was $110,000!
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Jack’s mouth dropped, then he jumped in place several times like a little kid and yelled, “Yes!” at the top of his lungs. The nervousness he felt over the last few minutes was completely gone.
“Yes! I don’t need those losers anyway,” he exclaimed and rushed to the convenience store. But instead of stealing from the owner, he was going to ask where the state lottery office was located. Usually,...