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Have you ever won something? A sweepstake, competition, or other? What was it? Tell us your story. (lemmy.world)

submitted 19 hours ago by Lennnny@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I am obsessed with entering competitions, and I've won quite a few by now (I got free tickets to the same music festival seven years in a row due to my dedication). I love hearing stories of what others win and how they use their winnings.

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[–] saigot@lemmy.ca 2 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago) (1 children)

I went in on an office lottery thing, we won 20k, ended up being about 500 ea. In takehome But still nice, it was mostly about the thrill of winning more than the winnings themselves, it was my first time buying in. I also won a 400 dollar smart watch at a work raffle.

[–] HubertManne@moist.catsweat.com 1 points 4 hours ago

Im not big on lottery tickets but you don't want to work at a place and the office pool wins the jackpot and your the schlep that is left working a crappy job. Honestly though most places I end up stopping because there are always some folks wanting to have everyone pony up more on large jackpots to get more tickets and if it does not happen they make a secondary pool and then its like oh F this.