Little Ironies~ Stories of Singapore : Lottery

This story is about a woman, who earns enough for herself and her mother. BUT she spends money on gambling and spending her money on gambling. The author tried to plead her to stop gambling but she won't listen to him. Then, she tried various weird methods to bring her "luck". But all the methods failed and she plead her late husband to give her luck and told her mother that she is going to earn a lot of money. But instead the "luck" brought was death and her mother was killed in a car accident which she thought would bring her luck...