Close but no cigar

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Imagine the scene it's Friday night and the Euro lottery has rolled over for 3 weeks, there's a massive £60,000,000 pounds as the jackpot and you are sat there with your ticket in hand as the results show comes on. The first number rolls out and it's yours then the next and the next and before you know it you have the first 5 numbers just the two bonus balls to come. The first one rolls out and again it's yours, the adrenalin is pumping and tonight is your night, but NO, you don't get the last bonus ball and to make matters worse it's number 7 and you had number 6. How do you feel? I think my initial feeling would be one of deflation to come so close, just one number away from winning all or a share of £60,000,000 and I would be constantly checking to make sure to see if I had made a mistake and had got them all. But then I think a few minutes later it would sink in that although I'd missed the big one I had still won a life changing some of money which if spent wisely could see me through for a long time, maybe through to my dieing days. So how would you feel, would you be too disappointed in getting so close that winning less would be a poor consilation prize or would you just count your blessings.