Some more from my collection.I know there's a bunch kicking around in a box somewhere, but can't remember where. (Really hope people send some in...)
From Nicky who was on a holiday in France.
From Danielle in San Fran. Danielle
Had to, had to have the cash doubler... and.. the lucky charms...
Some from Miriam, in Zürich.
Wow, these are from my friend Daniel who I haven't seen in about 10 years... wow.
Carrie's parents rock. Thanks Mike and Sue!
Mr. E Wood gets tickets every year for Christmas. This year he gave them to me.
From Vanessa while she was in Ireland.
look what I found! Tickets in a bottom drawer at work!
Cat came to London. Cat heard about the project. Cat went back to Australia. Cat sent tickets.
From my dad and Joan on their European world tour. Loving the Swiss one.
from Nicolas, with love from Australia.
These are from a recent trip to Lisbon, but the first two look like they should be from Mexico, no?
A few I found knocking about, and one for the new Indy movie.
from Nils-Petter, Stockholm style.
Thank you Nick and Saira, and their friend Cobs, who brought back these Italian gems.
Anna scratched this, not me! Anna won $20.
From Anne-lise in Oslo.
From Nicole in LA.
New ones from the corner shop.
These are some of the first ones I started collecting.
keep finding them in random places...
A few from France, and from a very, very long time ago friend Cynthia. It's amazing how people still care, even in a small way. Thank you.
From Victoria on a trip to Geneva. LOVE the Tribolo ones!
Sally scratched her scratch card, and Sally didn't win. (It wasn't me, I swear.. but does make me wonder.. just how many of those tickets are winners?)
Two more, let's go!
FINALLY! SOME FROM TOKYO! They're a bit mental... and NO, I didn't scratch that last one. Maiko did. And again, doesn't seem that she won.
Thank you Mike out in LaLaLand.
These came from Caroline on her recent trip to Ecuador.
There's something about the whole lottery thing that doesn't feel right to me - getting your hopes high, dreaming, escaping, and then usually being let down.
This happens to me on a daily basis WITHOUT the lottery's help, muchas gracias. So as an experiment, I started buying scratch cards and not scratching them.
It felt funny.
Then I showed it to a few people. It made them feel funny.
It made me think... "I think I'm onto something here."
So, I started this project: I LOVE MY LIFE THE WAY IT IS... a mass collection of unscratched lottery tickets... a small statement that says a lot of things to different people.
One day, I'd like to show this collection in a small space of some kind... a gallery even? Just to see what people's reaction is. And make a book of all of them. Hell, just to make it worth collecting all these damn tickets and never scratching them.
If you think life's a'ight the way it is (relatively speaking, of course), or you see a ticket that's just a bit funny, then send one in and add it to the collection. I would love to have one from your part of the world.
Promise I won't scratch it. Ever.
THE GOAL:
I've worked out that I need 8,000 tickets to fill a 12ftx12ft room from floor to ceiling. this is my goal. PLEASE HELP!