The cashier gives me a genuine little chuckle. “Honey, twenty-five percent taken from your winnings still leaves you a verywealthy woman. If I were in your shoes, I’d take the win.”
“Right. You’re right. Sorry.”
Solid point, really.
I get to work filling out the forms, bubble by bubble and letter space by letter space. Who knew hitting it big time at the casinowould be so… so… boring?
I slide the papers back to the cashier, and she gives them a thorough review before nodding her approval and scanning theminto the system.
“You have a few options for your on-site payout.” She slides a thick linen brochure to me. “But I will need to know if you
would prefer a lump sum deposited into your bank account, or if you want it dispersed in an annuity—”
“Can’t I have it in cash?”
She blinks a
