JellyBean Counter Strikes Gold Twice!
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Jessica Silverman was just five years old when she won her first jellybean-guessing contest. Her prize then was a stuffed toy dragon. Seventeen years later, she has done it again - Only this time, she is walking away with $25,000USD!
Jessica says she was just walking around at a CO-OP and Condo Expo at the Hilton Hotel in New York, when an attendant from the DeWitt Stern Insurance Company encouraged her to enter a 'guess the number of jelly beans contest', at the booth. On an impulse, she decided to do it.
Her guess of 7,594 was not just close, but the exact number of beans that were in the jar. Jessica, who is planning to use the money for a down payment on a home, says she just got lucky both times. In fact, she is so convinced, that she has vowed to never enter another contest again, because as she puts it - 'I want to end my guessing career on a good note'.
Happy Easter to all of you!
Sources:NYDailynews.com
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33 Comments
katlover98over 9 yearsThat is so cool, I wonder if she has jellybean powers
diamondkidover 9 yearsWow!
antman1over 9 yearsi don't like jellybeans
turbo248over 9 yearswhat about the terrible tasting ones like dog food, tooth paste, pencil shavings, and more
- Anonymousalmost 10 yearsDogs are AWSOME
gymnastluv2253over 10 yearsSo lucky :)- Marinaover 10 yearsEvery thing is asome:)
krikri1316over 10 yearsCool- sincealmost 11 yearssince she won the money guessing jelly beans she should use all the money to buy jelly beans and then donate them to osme orphanages to cheer up kids' lives
carolinabanditalmost 11 yearsId forget the money! id run away with the jellybeans
happypug12almost 10 yearsI dought that you would be able to eat all 7,594 of them, carolinabandit!
susiealmost 11 yearshow does she do it??- happypug12almost 10 yearsIt was probably just a random guess, susie.
