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When Robert Artberry Jr. bought his Mega Millions
tickets, the clerk at the Shop N Go store in
Dallas, Texas, gave him his change and said,
"This is your lucky day". What Robert
didn't realise was that the clerk's words were
far more accurate than even he probably expected
them to be.
"Well, it wouldn't be the first time I've
heard that," Robert said, "but even
I thought the same thing when I was going to
the store. I had been at my brother-in-law's
barber shop that day, like I am every week,
just to talk. He reminded me as I was leaving
not to forget to buy my tickets for that night.
That's when I thought to myself that it might
be a lucky day for me."
Robert continued: "I bought eight Quick
Pick tickets and megaplied only the last one.
And it was that last one that matched five of
the six numbers in that night's drawing."
It is necessary to match all six numbers to
win the Mega Millions jackpot, but matching
five numbers can also bring substantial rewards,
especially if a player buys the Megaplier feature.
This allows the player to multiply the five
number prize of $250,000 by two, three or four
times.
Robert opted to double any five number prize
and therefore won a cool $500,000. However,
he didn't know about his win until he was reading
his newspaper, the Dallas Morning News, the
next day.
"Gertha, my wife, kept telling me to let
her see the ticket," Robert explained.
"First thing she did was call our five
daughters. You can imagine what they said to
her on the phone, especially after she told
them that they would each receive $20,000."
Robert's generosity isn't restricted to his
daughters, either. He also plans to give money
to his church, where he serves as a deacon.
He won't, however, be telling the pastor where
the money came from. "I'm just going to
make the donation," he said.
Did the Shop N Go clerk have the biblical gift
of prophecy, or was his "lucky day"
comment just something that coincidentally happened
to come true? We'll never know for sure, but
one thing we can be certain of is that Robert
is very happy to be $500,000 richer.
05 March, 2007
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