By Brook Anson
A grocery store cashier has gone viral after he filmed himself tricking a guy into thinking he had won the lottery.
The prankster successfully filmed himself fooling his friend falling for the trick, as the man whose voice can be heard expressing surprise sounds amazed at the news. There was shock and excitement in his voice at hearing he just hit the jackpot, arousing his excitement in the process.
In a video posted to Reddit, he films a guy filling in a scratchcard and asks him, ‘Ready to see how much you won, bro?’
The cashier then puts the scratchcard details into his till machine, and shows the camera that it’s not the customer’s lucky day. But rather than break the bad news straight away, he decides to have a little fun, by playing a fake jingle and shouting, ‘What the f**k bro?
The guy is heard telling the cashier, ‘I know you lying,’ before marching around to the till to check out the results for himself.
The cashier subsequently films both his dreams and that of the fooled guy crash, as the real figure he won appears on the screen, and realises he’s won a total of $2.
Winning the lottery is an ecstatic experience for those who experience it because of the immediate transformation in living standards from the sudden wealth and the impact it can have on the confidence of the receiver.
Most people have fantasised about winning the lottery at least once in their life
Lottery jackpots in the U.S can be massive, going up to $243m in some cases, watering the mouths of high aspirants of overnight riches.
Winning the lottery is a very unlikely experience for most people, but many people in the world have managed it on their big day.
In this case, the prankster must have been content in getting a taste if what it feels like for another person to witness someone winning the lottery. Except that ofcourse, he didn’t win anything significant.