Ashley’s Lottery Story

Ashley never believed in luck.
She preferred numbers with patterns: 11, 22, 33, and 44.
But one day, she decided to buy a ticket for 17.17 dollars.

Her ticket number was 198,019,190.
At first, she thought she had won only 1,100 dollars.
Then she saw the slip again and thought it said 100,100.
Finally, the lottery host announced:
“Ashley, you are the winner of 100,100,100 dollars —
one hundred million, one hundred thousand, one hundred!”

After taxes, Ashley received 70,017,070.17 dollars.
She bought a villa for 17,000,000 dollars.
Her new sports car cost 67,444.44 dollars.
She gave her brother 13,003 dollars.
She donated 30,330,013 to a hospital for children.

When reporters asked for her new business number,
she said it clearly: 010 8800 5511.
She read it slowly:
“Oh one oh, double eight double zero, double five, double one.”

Ashley smiled and said,
“Last year I had only 100.00 dollars in my account.
Now the balance is more than 17,000,175,000.17!”