Lottery Tickets - Ten Things To Do With Them

Are you looking for a way to brighten up somebodies day? A random act of kindness with a difference? Try giving somebody a lottery ticket.

1. Next time you're in the convenience store and are going to put your small change in a charity box on the counter, buy a lottery scratch card and put it in with the small change. Who knows what extra benefit you may be giving the charity concerned!

2. How about the homeless persons who ask for a dollar? Buy a lottery ticket or scratch card, keep it in your pocket and give it with the dollar when asked. Maybe you will be giving a homeless a person a chance at owning a home again, or at least affording a months rent or food.

3. Buy a lottery ticket on Saturday and put it in the collection plate on Sunday together with your normal contribution. If God needs funds for the parish you are giving the ways and means of working a miracle.

4. Lottery tickets support education in most states. So how about forming a syndicate among a group of parents at your kids school with the intention of donating the proceeds to fund extra school projects. It's an opportunity for a social meeting among like minded parents. Perhaps you can meet and watch the draw together,"Well at least we've got $53 towards the new sports grand stand, ho, ho. Who's in for next week?"

5. Giving somebody a food parcel? Include a lottery ticket or scratch card. Apart from simple sustenance you are also giving a chance, a hope of something much larger.

6. Giving your loved one a bunch of flowers or a box of chocolates? Add a lottery ticket. "Darling I love you more than the $90,000,000 potential value of this lottery ticket!" If they win you will also find out how much they value you as their loved one or otherwise, it might be a shock.

7. Rewarding somebody for a job well done. Together with the reward give them a lottery ticket. "Thank you for your efforts and a job well done. We value your efforts as much as the potential value of this lottery ticket."

8. Going to a baby shower? Together with your gift to the happy mother include a lottery ticket. Maybe the child and parents becomes millionaires much earlier in life than most of us.

9. Is a member of staff or friend retiring? Put a lottery ticket together with their retirement gift. "Thank you for 30 years of valuable service. As valuable as the potential value of this lottery ticket!"

10. Put a lottery ticket with a house warming gift. Maybe your friend will be able to pay off their mortgage before the first payment is due!

Whatever way you choose to use a lottery ticket it can enhance a gift or special thought in somebodies life. Don't buy lottery tickets just for your own benefit. They can make a huge difference in somebody else's life and you can enjoy the pleasure of knowing you were instrumental in bringing about that dramatic change.