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If I Won the Lottery! Where Would I Travel? What Would I Do? Here’s the Plan You’ll Want to Steal
It was a normal Wednesday evening. The sun had just dipped below the horizon, and I was lazily flipping through channels on TV, half paying attention, half scrolling through my phone. You know, the usual after-dinner lull. That’s when I saw it. My phone buzzed, a notification popped up, and it read: “Mega Millions Jackpot Reaches Record $600 Million!”
I chuckled to myself. “Yeah, like I’d ever win,” I muttered. But something felt different that night. I’m not superstitious, but there was a little voice in my head that said, Buy a ticket. So, I did. Fast-forward to the next day — just a casual Thursday. I’m brewing my morning coffee when my phone starts lighting up with calls and texts from friends.
“Did you check your numbers?!”
I rush to my phone, my heart racing. Hands shaking. I pull up the lottery app, glance at my numbers, then at the winning numbers — and then I feel it. That surreal out-of-body experience when time seems to stop. Every number matched. Every. Single. One.
I had just won $600 million.
Let that sink in.
