Whether you're born and raised in NY or you're a recent transplant, once you've lived in this wonderful state, pretty much nothing can surprise you.
The exception to the rule? The prizes you could win with the new Scratch-Off Games from the New York Lottery. Check out some surprisingly unsurprising things below, then go play $10,000,000 Cash, Platinum Power, or Double Deuces!
1. A rat doing pretty much anything.
2. Spending all your money on rent.
3. "Showtime" performers on the subway.
4. That no one south of Poughkeepsie knows what a "garbage plate" is.
5. Realizing you walked 15 miles in one day and it wasn't even that busy of a day.
6. That a chopped cheese is better than a burger or a cheesesteak.
7. Any random screaming at any random time.
8. Never wanting to cook.
9. Seeing your celebrity crush IRL when out at a club.
10. Having a "favorite" seat on the city bus.
11. Having every person ask what you like about living in "The City" when you actually live 300 miles away.
12. Pets other than dogs out for their neighborhood walk.
13. Honking.
14. Getting familiar with your neighborhood's eccentric character.
15. People acting like it's the start of the apocalypse in your local neighborhood grocery store.
16. Getting booted off the sidewalk by a particularly headstrong pigeon.
17. Sunbathing nowhere near water.
18. Everyone walking in the street during trash pickup day.
19. Seeing someone get in a fight about what is and isn't "Upstate."
20. Realizing that you'd never want to live anywhere else in the world.
As wild as these may be, nothing on this list can surprise a New Yorker — but you know what does surprise a New Yorker? The prizes you could win with the new Scratch-Off Games from the New York Lottery. Stop by a local lottery retailer and play $10,000,000 Cash, Platinum Power, or Double Deuces today!
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