A Story Idea Each Day for a Month — Day 19

This is the third year in a row I’ve run this series in April. Today’s story: Finance pros turn $1 into $254M with lottery:

Three privileged investors plunked down a dollar for a single lottery ticket at a Connecticut gas station — and scored the biggest jackpot in the state’s history.

The trio, who run a Greenwich-based asset-management firm, yesterday stepped up to claim their whopping $254 million Powerball windfall, ending a 27-day mystery over who had landed the top prize in the Nov. 2 drawing.

Well-heeled winners Tim Davidson, Brandon Lacoff and Greg Skidmore showed up in a super-sized stretch limo and business suits for a press conference at Connecticut Lottery headquarters in Rocky Hill to collect their dough.

They appeared nervous, sipping bottled water and remaining mum, as lottery officials said the jet-setting, French-speaking Davidson bought the lucky $1 ducat at a BP gas station near his Stamford waterfront condo.

Davidson, 59, let the computer choose the winning numbers: 12–14–34–39–46, Powerball 36.

On their way out of the press conference, Skidmore, a 35-year-old former member of the US Sailing Team and an Olympic hopeful, only quipped, “It feels good.”

I’m thinking a dark comedy. How about a group of blue collar workers. They always play the same set of numbers. Every week. 12–14–34–39–46, Powerball 35.

This week there go the ping pong balls on TV.

12. 14. 34. 39.

With each number the workers get more excited.

46.

Now they are freaking out. One more ball!

Powerball time. And they can see 35 start to go up the tube, then remarkably falls out, then another ball goes up,

36.

Heartbreak! Then they discover the winners. It’s three uber-yuppie investment banker types. Former members of the Olympic sailing team. We are talking Cos Cob compared to the blue collar types who live in Bridgeport or East Haven.

It’s the 99% vs. the 1%. And the 99% feel like that is their money.

Anything there?

What would you do with this story idea?