There is a lot of superstition surrounding the lotto numbers people choose, and for one man, his old elevator floors managed to be his lucky charm.
Sylvester Semedo regularly plays the Massachusetts State Lottery for the small glimmer of hope it gives him, week after week. Without it, there is nothing to look forward to and no hope of ever becoming wealthy. So, time and time again, he pays his idiot tax and crosses his fingers.
“The Lottery was the principal, if not the only reason for remaining alive,” Orwell summarised. “It was their delight, their folly, their anodyne, their intellectual stimulant. Where the Lottery was concerned, even people who could barely read and write seemed capable of intricate calculations and staggering feats of memory.”
And, for Semedo, the long years of playing finally paid off with a big win. He said that the way he divined the numbers he played for the lotto was from the elevator he used to ride every day. He told the Massachusetts State Lottery that he used the numbers of the only floors his work elevator used to stop at.
Elevator Numbers Going Up With Big Wins Bank Balance
Semedo managed to match his old elevator numbers to the big win on the Massachusetts lotto. Winning ticket in hand, he took the $300,000 prize. After tax and all the other handouts, the old guy will have plenty left to enjoy himself with.
According to the State Lotto, he plans to spend his winnings seeing a Red Sox away game. I expect he will also buy a few more lotto tickets with the winnings. Once a gambler, always a gambler. But, do people continue playing their same numbers after a win, or is the charm worn off?
After a lifetime of playing his old elevator numbers, does the lotto win now demand a change? I guess the chances of the same numbers coming up again are the same as different. But, if it’s all to do with personal significance, once they’re called, is the magic gone?
I have no idea.