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I\u2019ll take one ticket,\u201d I heard myself say. \u201cQuick pick.\u201d<\/p>\n

The machine hummed and printed out a small slip of paper with six numbers. I folded it carefully and slipped it into my purse. Harold, my late husband, would have called me foolish. But Harold had been gone for four years, and clearly, I\u2019d already lost everything that mattered anyway.<\/p>\n

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The lottery drawing was Saturday night. I watched it alone, with a cup of tea. When the numbers appeared on screen, I didn\u2019t believe them at first. 7, 14, 21, 35, 47, and the Powerball, 9. Every single number on my crumpled five-dollar ticket. Sixty-two million dollars.<\/p>\n

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I\u2019ll take one ticket,\u201d I heard myself say. \u201cQuick pick.\u201d The machine hummed and printed out a small slip of paper with six numbers. I folded it carefully and slipped it into my purse. Harold, my late husband, would have called me foolish. But Harold had been gone for four years, and clearly, I\u2019d already…<\/p>\n

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