Blog From The Bench

An ironic note about the popularity of Lost. The mysterious numbers on Hurley's lottery ticket would have packed the least punch if they'd have hit in the Powerball on Wednesday.

According to E! Online, a lottery official said more than 840 people across five states played the numbers -- 4, 8, 15, 16, 23 and 42 -- in the drawing. If 840 was it, that would have worked out to just over $130,000 finally for each -- about as much as a second-place would have claimed; if there were others across the 27 states, plus Washington, D.C., and the U.S. Virgin Islands, in which Powerball is played, that could go down dramatically.

Not enough money to be a good jinx.