Have you ever missed out on winning the lottery by just one number?
Imagine this: you are sitting at your computer and checking your lottery ticket numbers on the lottery website. Matches the first number. Cold. Second number matches. You are getting somewhere. Matches with the third number. Nice. Matches the fourth number. Wow! Fifth number matches. Oh my gosh, this could be good. Fouls of the last number. Oh!
Has this scenario ever happened to you? Have you ever missed winning the lottery for just one number? Actually, it’s not as weird as you think. This happens to thousands of people every year.
Let me give you an example of the large number of people who are missing a jackpot for just one number. In Canada, the most popular game is Lotto 649. To win the jackpot, you must match 6 of 6 numbers. In any drawing, it is normal for no one to win the jackpot. Sometimes one person wins the jackpot, sometimes two. But do you want to know how many people get 5 out of 6 numbers? It is usually 50 to 100 people. The 549 lottery is played twice a week in Canada and that means that, in any given year, around 5,000 to 10,000 people in the country lose out on winning the lottery by just one number. that’s a lot of people.
It is not just in Canada where many people come close to winning the jackpot without actually winning it. For example, in Florida, it is common for around 20 people to get 5 out of 6 numbers in the Florida Lotto in each drawing. Florida Lotto is drawn twice a week, which is why we are seeing over 4,000 Floridians getting closer to winning the lottery each year. And that’s just a game in a state. Imagine what the number would be if we counted all nearby calls in all states.
That’s why I write this today, if this close the call If a phenomenon has ever happened to you, you should know that you are not alone. It happens to a lot more people than you think.
Some people are more than happy to match 5 out of 6 numbers in the lottery. After all, matching that many numbers generally results in a prize of a few hundred dollars to a few thousand dollars. That’s money in your pocket that you didn’t have before you won. Other people, however, are not happy. After all, they were only a number away from making a life-changing amount of money, maybe millions of dollars. What you think? Would you be happy to fall short of the jackpot?