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MoonlightGraham
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My daughter and I just had something happen in our game that we'd never seen before. I almost shared the news in a routine post in the "What Happened In Your Game Today" thread, but I decided it merited a post of its very own.
Our active Sim played the lottery...AND WON!!
We always have our Sims buy lottery tickets, if they can afford them. The winner is almost always a random townie. Or it's Mayor Whiskers, whose number has come up three times. This time, it's a Sim who is an active member of our game.
Duncan is a Young Adult who had just started working as a Physical Therapist (a career we added through a mod). He's living in a cozy one-bedroom house in Newcrest. Now Z and I are wondering what kinds of lifestyle changes we'll have Duncan make, if any. Will he keep working, or quit his day job and live off his winnings, perhaps with some income from gardening or painting? Will he buy a luxurious new home, or fill his current home with fancy new toys? Or will he simply continue to live his life, secure in the knowledge he has a million Simoleons on hand? We like to roll a d20 to decide things in our games, so perhaps that's what we'll do with Duncan.
One Sim who's acquainted with him has already invited herself over for a visit. We don't completely trust her motives...would you?
By the way, Duncan is based on my real-life youngest brother. He'd never buy a lottery ticket in real life, which makes this turn of events even more fun.
Have your played Sims ever hit the lottery? If they have, what did you do with their newfound riches?
Our active Sim played the lottery...AND WON!!
We always have our Sims buy lottery tickets, if they can afford them. The winner is almost always a random townie. Or it's Mayor Whiskers, whose number has come up three times. This time, it's a Sim who is an active member of our game.
Duncan is a Young Adult who had just started working as a Physical Therapist (a career we added through a mod). He's living in a cozy one-bedroom house in Newcrest. Now Z and I are wondering what kinds of lifestyle changes we'll have Duncan make, if any. Will he keep working, or quit his day job and live off his winnings, perhaps with some income from gardening or painting? Will he buy a luxurious new home, or fill his current home with fancy new toys? Or will he simply continue to live his life, secure in the knowledge he has a million Simoleons on hand? We like to roll a d20 to decide things in our games, so perhaps that's what we'll do with Duncan.
One Sim who's acquainted with him has already invited herself over for a visit. We don't completely trust her motives...would you?
By the way, Duncan is based on my real-life youngest brother. He'd never buy a lottery ticket in real life, which makes this turn of events even more fun.
Have your played Sims ever hit the lottery? If they have, what did you do with their newfound riches?
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Exie hay, cavero, mabza meeah vendarzo.
Yevsas mairzeemo!
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My lottery in game is mother lode. 😄
One sim of my own has won, but he was 5 star celeb, so rich already, so blaah...
Mayor is not the winner in my games often, but Rosie, that small dog of Hecking couple , often wins, multimillionaire doggo.
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None of my sims has ever won the lottery. I do something like @simgirl1010, but I type in money and number with a lot of zeros after it.💰😉
I have to say, I stopped playing them not long afterwards.
How will you spend all that money?
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@simgirl1010 @DaniRose2143 I confess to having cheated some Simoleons into a household's account, but I've kept it reasonable...mostly. I'll bestow upon them enough to fit a storyline I want. Usually that entails having a particular house. We did have a Sim try to romance an eligible lottery winner, but it didn't work.
@Ellupelluellu Rosie Hecking has won our lottery, too! I like the Heckings and I really like Rosie, so if she's the wealthiest Sim in my world, I'm delighted.
@elanorbreton Right now, we're thinking about building Duncan a new house, too. Or, rather, we'll download one from the Gallery. Neither Z or I are good builders. I wish I were, but it would take a lot of time for me to acquire the skill, time I don't often have.
@Simmerville I have a feeling you've been playing Sims 4 longer than I have, so I'm surprised you haven't hit it at least once...especially since you're a rotational player. Z and I did have six of our Sims buy tickets...but that only makes it more likely that one of our Sims will win, not that any particular family will be lucky. We're still thinking about how/if to spend it. The new house is one possibility. Unless we have Duncan totally change his personality, he's not the kind of Sim who would live ostentatiously, surrounding himself with flashy toys. He may take some vacations, donate to charities, and give gifts to his family. Z thinks he should finance her Simself's University education, when it's time.
@WildIrishBanshee If we keep our Sim's decisions "in character," he'll probably do the same thing: living life much as he's always done, without any further financial concerns. He's a single Young Adult, so maybe he'll look for The One. (He's also single in real life, but he doesn't have a million dollars...that I know of.)
@Luna15 We started playing in spring 2021, and this is the first time we've won it. Before then, we had pets, random townies, Nancy Landgraab (who needed it as much as a fish needs a bicycle), and a ghost, among other winners.
Exie hay, cavero, mabza meeah vendarzo.
Yevsas mairzeemo!
I would have him keep his job and give him the frugal Trait so he can invest his money to continue to grow it. You never know when he might need a larger house.
As for the neighbor popping by on a whim? News sure travels fast. I wouldn't trust her, either. LOL (Does make me wonder if some long 'lost' cousins will make their way over to your Sims place, too. Now, that would be some fun gameplay.
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