Gambler’s Anonymous was good for Cecelia’s family; they were much more relaxed now that she wasn’t a slot machine rat. Her casino time was spent on the porch, doing sudoku on her tablet, chewing bubblegum.
A pack a day, from the Dollar Store. On the Dollar Store receipt was a code. Go to the company’s website, punch in your code, answer a few questions, and you could instantly win five hundred dollars.
Every day a pack of gum, every day a new receipt. Soon she was standing outside the store, repeatedly asking people exiting if she could have their receipt.
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