Monica’s Lottery Story

Monica always played the lottery with the number 17.  Sometimes she chose 70, sometimes 13, sometimes 30.

One day, she bought a ticket for 19.90 dollars.  Her lucky ticket was number 100,100,100.  At first, she thought she had only won 1,100 dollars.  Then she checked again and saw it was actually 100,100 dollars!

But the real surprise came later.  The announcer said, “Congratulations, Monica!  You are the winner of 100,100,100 dollars —  that’s one hundred million, one hundred thousand, one hundred.”

After taxes, she received 44,440,414.44 dollars.  She bought a house for 17,000,000 dollars.  Her new car cost 70,010.17 dollars.  She gave 13,000 to her best friend.  She donated 30,000,000 to charity.

When reporters asked for her phone number,  she gave them a special line: 0207 770 6611.  She read it slowly:  “Oh two oh seven, double seven zero, double six, one one.”

Monica laughed and said,  “I started with just 100 dollars in my pocket,  and now I have over 17,000,650,001 in investments!”