Super Bowl

With all the snow, I forgot to post Monday an update on the game. I had not played football squares before but figured I'd give it a try at work. One of the playoff games I bought a square and no luck. I was out $5 and figured it's not the game for me. I skipped the next round but have to admit I got caught up in the Super Bowl craze. So I bought a square for $10.  

You just pick a random square in the grid and after its full numbers are picked out if a hat at random.  I got 7/0 which is pretty lucky. 

Come Sunday I actually turned the tv on to watch the game. If you look closely on the sheet you can see I had to look up the date and time and channel of the game. 

I watched the first quarter and nothing 0-0. And then in the second quarter finally a score by the Pats. I won!  You get payouts for the first 10 changes in score and for the score at each quarter. I started wishing there would be no more action at least until the end of the quarter so I could get a second payout but no luck. After a little while and once I figured my numbers weren't going to hit again I changed the channel. I don't know how people watch the game. There's so little of it and the rest is so annoying - endless commercials, commentary that is repetitive and just down time. 

I'd flip back occasionally to check on the score but realized the next morning I never flipped back for the final score. I figured Seahawks won and figured Monday at work would be a down day. And low and behold the Pats stole the win in the final seconds of the game!  I think it was all because of me. If I watch the game my favored lose but if I don't they generally win. 

Anyways, not to shabby a season. I picked up my winnings this week - some fun money for the trip. I think I probably walked away with about $100 profit. The question is of I quit while I'm ahead or join in again next season.