Innit True

I'm getting all my pennies in a bunch
and going on a trip across the country.
Ensuring that I have enough to munch,
I survey the recesses of my pantry.
Amidst stale cereals and staler cheeses,
I find a lotto ticket, never used.
That Lady Luck, she hands out as she pleases.
I check online, the site says: "prize refused".
The prize -- it would have been a million dollars
but only if I'd brought the ticket in.
I call upon the gentlemanly scholars.
At first I do not know where to begin.
But then I hit upon the winning gambit,
I tell them everyone gets lucky -- once.
Do not rob me, cause I'm no lucky bandit,
or fate itself will look at you askance.