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The Billion Dollar Lottery

This time it was Joey’s turn to grab the phone.

“Listen, you think I’m crazy,” Joey said, speaking into the
receiver, “but he’s holding the winning billion dollar lottery
ticket and he doesn’t even know it.

“That’s right… he bought a ticket and hasn’t even checked
the number…. And they still haven’t found the winner….
Right…. There’s only one winning ticket…. Yeah…. Right.

By the third “right” Larry knew Angie had shifted to Joey’s
side. There wasn’t much the two of them agreed on, but on
their desire to win the lottery, and win it big, they shared a
burning passion.

“She says we’re both crazy,” Joey said, hanging up the
phone. “But she agrees that we should check the number.
Where are we going to find a paper?” He went into the living
room and started rummaging through a bunch of old maga-
zines piled in a basket.

“Joey, there aren’t any newspapers in there!” Larry yelled,
trying to cut him off before he started turning the place upside
down.

“We’ve got to find it,” he said, frantically, tossing a bunch of
magazines onto the couch.

“What about the radio?” Larry said. “If there’s someone
out there waiting to collect a billion dollars, this has to be a big
media event.”

“Good idea. Where is it? And where’s the ticket?” he asked,
returning to the kitchen. He was practically in a frenzy.

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