What happens when you get old!

**anniemac** · 10th June 2011, 09:04 PM

My guy and I have a betting account with Twinspires and we play a little here and there. Anyway, we bet the Preakness Pick 4, a whopping $24 ticket ($.50 pick 4) and promptly forgot about it.

So I go into the website yesterday to run off a form for the Belmont and imagine my surprise when there was a balance in our account of $550. We won the Pick 4 and didn't go back in and check, actually I thought we had missed a race. This was from May 20. What a pair of dummys! So now we are $550 richer.

That's what happens in your old age.

**chayton** · 10th June 2011, 10:44 PM

lol, how awesome is that! Maybe you should clean out some drawers and check pockets for any lotto tickets you might have forgotten too!

**anniemac** · 10th June 2011, 11:40 PM

Think I'll go shake out all my winter coats. Might find a $100 bill in a pocket or several.

**chayton** · 10th June 2011, 11:41 PM

If you're that good at finding money, come up and shake out my coats too, ok?

**oldtrvlagt** · 11th June 2011, 12:05 AM

Originally Posted by anniemac

My guy and I have a betting account with Twinspires and we play a little here and there. Anyway, we bet the Preakness Pick 4, a whopping $24 ticket ($.50 pick 4) and promptly forgot about it.

So I go into the website yesterday to run off a form for the Belmont and imagine my surprise when there was a balance in our account of $550. We won the Pick 4 and didn't go back in and check, actually I thought we had missed a race. This was from May 20. What a pair of dummys! So now we are $550 richer.

That's what happens in your old age.

That's awesome! Congrats..now if my husband could find a winning lottery ticket somewhere stashed away

**chuchu59** · 11th June 2011, 01:54 AM

15 years ago, I had a $1.6 wager in the mark six lottery and forgot about it. As all bets were stored in the computer I was pleasantly surprised to know I had won 3rd prize and was paid $2500. I have never won anything since but I limit my bets to a maximum of $10 per week only anyway. Maybe one day I will hit something . The jackpots sometimes reach a staggering $15 million but I seldom choose my numbers and only have them generated randomly hoping for a repeat of that 1996 win and getting surprised when I log into my betting account. I just hope I dont forget the password when I get much older.

**jod5413** · 11th June 2011, 01:57 AM

I'm Old, I'm Old!!!

So, what'd I win???

**chuchu59** · 11th June 2011, 02:05 AM

Originally Posted by jod5413

I'm Old, I'm Old!!!

So, what'd I win???

A date with same_old.

**jod5413** · 11th June 2011, 02:06 AM

Originally Posted by chuchu59

A date with same_old.

Does he/she know how lucky he/she is??

**anniemac** · 11th June 2011, 02:47 AM

Now this is a good thread. Lots of laughs and no one's bitching.

Way I feel some days, I'm lucky to find my behind with both hands. LOL!

Wish ya'll could have seen the look on my face when I saw that money sitting there. I had to close down the sight and reopen it just to make sure.