by Laura Ornella

Karma is how you treat service workers. Tricking them into thinking they got a big tip when you didn’t really tip them at all is pretty cruel.
Read how one Redditor gets stiffed by a pastor but finds their karmic return during a Sunday service.
See the story below to find out more.
A couple years ago, a job with housing fell through, so I was stuck in a strange town and state with no money or home.
I got a job waitressing and a side gig at night cleaning and did all the hours I could.
I was tired, dirty and hungry for three months until I found a person that needed a roommate.
But as time passed, the situation softened.
Things got better, and I even got a little cat that kept me company.
Luckily, the town was near a tourist area, and enough folks got lost on the way to tourist places that the diner I worked at was busy.
Locals didn’t feel the need to support their local businesses as tourists did.
But Sundays were the worst.
The locals on Sunday didn’t tip, and without tips, I went hungry.
But then, there’s a Sunday when everything changed…
One Sunday, a local family left a hundred-dollar tip.
But the tip turned out to be fake, with a sermon on the back, and it was stamped with a local church name and address.
I was salty.
And that wasn’t the last time this family bypassed tipping.
For over a year that same family came in.
I very gently tried to tell the man how disappointed I was when it wasn’t a tip, but he said riches in God were better.
He didn’t ever tip at all for the whole time I was there.
Then in September, a hurricane came through. The diner was flooded [and] closed.
Since I didn’t have a job anymore, I could go to church on Sunday, if I wanted.
This waiter decided to go to a particular church.
I bought a lottery ticket and went to that church with the 100-dollar sermon.
The guy was there and turns out he was the pastor. There was only about 30 people in the church, and it had lost part of the roof in the storm.
The people seemed nice, and I knew them mostly from the diner though I didn’t know their names.
I never went to church much since I was a little kid, so it was different.
And when it came time for offerings, this server had something special in mind.
They took an offering, and I put in my 2-dollar lottery ticket.
The next week, I went again with a lottery ticket.
The 100-dollar pastor teased me that he had never gotten a lottery ticket in the basket before, and I told him he was getting another one. Maybe God would make him lucky.
He thought it was funny.
But not for very long.
Then, the next week, I took a fake lottery ticket in. My brother had given it to me and told me it was fake because he didn’t want to hurt my feelings.
I had held onto it because it was from him.
I put that in the basket.
The fourth week was the last week I was there. I got a job in Cincinnati and was going to drive up there that day. Folks at church knew because I had told them the week before, and they were saying goodbye.
But this is when things got awkward…
The 100-dollar pastor came up to me and really quietly scolded me before I left, though.
He told me it had been real hurtful to think he had won a lottery enough to fix the roof, and then it turned out to be a joke. He told me I should think about it as I drive to my new job.
However, the waiter had something to say in return.
I told him that now he knew how I felt when he gave me that fake $100 when I was sleeping in my car and hungry.
I left and was happy about it the whole drive North.
It’s the best thing I ever did.
This server seems to have no regrets. What does Reddit think?
Let’s read the comments below to find out.
Firstly, Redditors relished in the revenge this waiter pulled off.

Others noted this was a lesson that needed to be learned.

Some suggested what else they could have put in the offering basket.

One reader mentioned that the congregation technically paid for those dinners.

This pastor deserved hurt feelings. His behavior was atrocious and indeed not Godly.
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It’s time to grab your tickets and check to see if you’re a big winner! The Powerball lottery jackpot continues to rise after two lucky winners in Texas and another from Missouri won $1.8 billion in the September 6 drawing. Is this your lucky night?
Here are Monday’s winning lottery numbers:
06-28-44-48-58, Powerball: 23, Power Play: 2X
Double Play Winning Numbers
XX-XX-XX-XX-XX, Powerball: XX
The estimated Powerball jackpot is $490 million. The lump sum payment before taxes would be about $228.9 million.
The Double Play is a feature that gives players in select locations another chance to match their Powerball numbers in a separate drawing. The Double Play drawing is held following the regular drawing and has a top cash prize of $10 million.
Powerball is held in 45 states, the District of Columbia, the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico. The Double Play add-on feature is available for purchase in 13 lottery jurisdictions, including Pennsylvania and Michigan.
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The Texas Lottery offers multiple draw games for those aiming to win big. Here’s a look at Nov. 10, 2025, results for each game:
06-28-44-48-58, Powerball: 23, Power Play: 2
Check Powerball payouts and previous drawings here.
The next Powerball drawing is on Wednesday, November 12, 2025 at 10:12 p.m.
Morning: 9-4-4, FIREBALL: 3
Day: 7-9-1, FIREBALL: 8
Evening: 6-1-8, FIREBALL: 7
Check Pick 3 payouts and previous drawings here.
Morning: 8-2-2-3, FIREBALL: 5
Day: 0-1-3-6, FIREBALL: 5
Evening: 6-3-1-8, FIREBALL: 0
Check Pick 4 payouts and previous drawings here.
Morning: 01-02-03-06-09-11-12-14-15-17-19-21
Day: 01-02-04-06-07-13-15-16-18-19-21-22
Evening: 01-02-04-05-06-08-10-11-16-19-20-24
Check All or Nothing payouts and previous drawings here.
Feeling lucky? Explore the latest lottery news & results
This results page was generated automatically using information from TinBu and a template written and reviewed by a Texas editor. You can send feedback using this form.

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The Oklahoma Lottery offers several draw games for those aiming to win big. Here’s a look at Nov. 10, 2025, results for each game:
06-28-44-48-58, Powerball: 23, Power Play: 2
Check Powerball payouts and previous drawings here.
06-14-17-26-28, Star Ball: 03, ASB: 02
Check Lotto America payouts and previous drawings here.
2-7-7
Check Pick 3 payouts and previous drawings here.
11-17-32-39-44, Lucky Ball: 13
Check Lucky For Life payouts and previous drawings here.
04-15-24-29-36
Check Cash 5 payouts and previous drawings here.
Feeling lucky? Explore the latest lottery news & results
Mail-in Claims: Mail the original signed ticket and a completed claim form to the Oklahoma Lottery, P.O. Box 548810, Oklahoma City, OK 73154. For direct deposit, include a voided check or bank letter with your account details. Non-winning tickets are not accepted, and Oklahoma Lottery assumes no responsibility for lost or stolen mail.
For additional details, refer to the official Oklahoma Lottery claim page.
This results page was generated automatically using information from TinBu and a template written and reviewed by an Oklahoma editor. You can send feedback using this form.

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“The Forget Me Knots,” an Alzheimer’s disease support group, held a bingo fundraiser Sunday afternoon at the Mahoning Valley Ambulance building to help raise money for the Alzheimer’s Association.
“All funds raised go to the Alzheimer’s Association, to help in research and treatments,” explained Grace Kern, a member of the Forget Me Knots. “This is our fifth year with the bingo fundraiser, and we have about 10 people on the team that help with this and other fundraisers.”
Most of the team members have family members that have or had Alzheimer’s.
“My mom and my mother-in-law passed away from it,” Kern said.
“I have a relative who is currently living with it, so it is difficult,” added team member Kathy Goff.
In addition to bingo, there was a 50/50 drawing, door prizes, special raffle drawings and a basket auction.
“We have 90 baskets in the auction,” Kern said.
The team started in 2016 with the Alzheimer’s Walk. Last year, there was no walk at least in Carbon County, so they became part of the Longest Day campaign. Now, the Longest Day has changed to “Do What You Love to End Alzheimer’s.”
Katie Kearney, a program manager with the Alzheimer’s Association, made a surprise visit to the bingo.
“I work in education,” Kearney said of her work. “We teach people the importance of taking care of their brains right from early age to the end, and offer support. We help those living with the disease and their caregivers.”
One of the most recent studies for the Alzheimer’s Association was the U.S. Pointer Study, which was released this past summer.
“That was a study that showed there are things one can do to slow down mild cognitive decline,” Kearney said. “They include lifestyle changes, including exercise and movement, like yoga, and dietary changes. Also taking care of one’s cardiovascular system, such as high blood pressure.”
There are also infusion treatments for those in the early stages of the disease.
“People also should be aware of our 24-hour toll-free hotline,” Kearney said. “1-800-272-3900. We are there to answer any questions anyone may have about Alzheimer’s.”

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SHOULD they win big, a lottery expert has urged players to keep several considerations in mind.
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Of course, it’s highly unlikely to land millions of dollars from the lottery.
Current odds of landing a Powerball jackpot are around one in 292.2 million, and for Mega Millions, it’s even more unlikely at one in 302.6 million.
Still, it happens all the time to unsuspecting Americans, who suddenly come into life-changing sums and must figure out how to handle the financial situation they find themselves in.
First, they must realize that they’ve won, and many don’t for some time.
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Along with regular announcements and press releases to help make unknown winners aware, state lotteries also have a window for them to come forward before the cash is forfeited entirely.
Those windows vary by state and can 180 days to up to a year at most, and Akshay Khanna, CEO of Jackpot.com, told The U.S. Sun that there are several reasons for that.
Jackpot.com was founded in 2017 and operates as an online lottery platform that lets Americans purchase tickets from their devices remotely and securely.
Khanna explained that the lengthy claim windows are “primarily for accounting and budgeting purposes” for lottery officials.
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That way, if a player doesn’t end up coming forward, the state can quickly redistribute the money, whether that’s back into lottery games or in it’s general fund for programs to benefit residents.
“Having a deadline allows lottery organizations to finalize their records and allocate unclaimed prizes elsewhere,” he said.
Not only that, but officials figure there’s a slim chance the winner would claim it after 365 days if they hadn’t already.
“Ultimately, if a prize is unclaimed after a year, it’s very unlikely that a winner would ever come forward,” Khanna noted.
For many players, it still does take them a long time to come forward and claim their prize, even if they knew they’d won right away.
Khanna told The U.S. Sun this can happen because the players “simply don’t realize that they’ve won.”
Some states have differing deadlines for when lottery players can claim prizes. Most allow a 180-day or one-year window before tickets expire and the money is forfeited. Below are the 180-day states:
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He explained that one of Jackpot.com’s biggest advantages for players is that it notifies customers that it was there ticket that won big, so there’s virtually no way they could miss it.
The platform then helps “store their ticket securely until they chose to claim it.”
Otherwise, the long claim time is typically a direct result of the players taking smart steps to connect with “financial advisors, tax professionals, and lawyers” beforehand.
“Winners typically want to have a plan for the money prior to claiming,” Khanna said.
“Oftentimes they will create trusts or other legal entities to handle the money for tax or anonymity purposes.”
The CEO emphasized that the best tip he can offer players is to “consult with financial advisors, tax professionals, and lawyers prior to making any decisions.”
Professionals will also advise the players on what the best option to collect the funds are for them — a lump sum distribution or annuity payments.
Players who win big on lottery tickets typically have a choice to make: lump sum or annuity?
The two payout methods can impact how much money you get from your prize.
Annuities pay out slowly in increments, often over 30 years.
Lump sums pay all at once but in a smaller amount, as taxes are withheld in one go. That means 24% of your prize goes to Uncle Sam right away. Many states tax winnings as well.
Annuities can provide winners time to set up the financial infrastructure required to take in a life-changing amount of money, but lump sums have the benefit of being taxed only once.
Inflation is also worth considering when making a choice, as payouts do not adjust with the value of a dollar. That means that you’ll likely be getting less valuable money towards the end of an annuity.
Each state and game pays out prizes differently, so it’s best to check with your state’s lottery to confirm payment policies. A financial advisor can also help you weigh the pros and cons of each option.
Experts have varying opinions on whether to take the lump sum or take the annuity.
Debate over which option is better has been going on for some time between lottery experts and lawyers.
Khanna said the annuity “guarantees wealth” with the consistent payments every year and less of a tax implication.
Even so, the CEO admitted that the lump sum “offers higher expected returns over the long term” with the right steps.
No matter what, every decision comes down to the lucky winner.
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Someone recently had their fortune change considerably after landing the $1.22 billion Mega Millions jackpot, and the ticket was purchased in California.
Another Mega Millions prize worth $1 million is also remains unclaimed in Florida as officials search for the anonymous winner.
Remember to gamble responsibly
A responsible gambler is someone who:
For help with a gambling problem, call the National Gambling Helpline on 1-800-522-4700 or go to ncpgambling.org/chat
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