A Story About The Dividend Forecast: Possible Jackpot
“There is still one more result to come in, the match between Nottingham Forest and Derby County. Currently the score is 1-1 and we think there is about 20 minutes left to play. If the score stays like this then the dividend forecast will be for a possible jackpot.”
The football pools in the days before the National Lottery. A chance to win a lot of money by predicting score draws on the Saturday afternoon football matches. The amount of prize will depend on the number of score draws that day. If there were 8 score draws then there is a chance for the jackpot. There have been 7 so far.
John has predicted that the match between Nottingham Forest and Derby County will end in a score draw and he realises that he is on the brink of winning lots of money.
This is going to be a long 20 minutes but all John can do is watch the results program and wait for the score updates.
“There has been a goal in the game between Nottingham Forest and Derby County. Nottingham Forest have just scored. It is 2-1. That is a latest score, there is another 10 minutes to go in that match.”
John’s heart has just sunk. Dreams of the jackpot possibly going up in smoke. Can Derby get a goal back?
“Something has happened in the game Nottingham Forest and Derby County.”
“Derby County have had a man sent off, they are now down to 10 men.”
John’s heart has sunk further.
“It is only money,” thought John. “I haven’t lost anything because I haven’t won anything yet and I still might win something.”
Time moves on, John looks at his watch, the final score should be announced any moment.
Put John out of his misery please.
“The final score has come in.”
John's heart beats but is he believes the inevitable. He will just lose out. A story about how he nearly became rich.
Nottingham Forest 2 Derby County 2.
John does not want to jump and down yet because he doesn’t believe it. It has not sunk in.
“The pools news, there are 8 score draws. The dividend forecast is……..”
“Yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah.”
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