Tired of dreaming big and losing bigger?

Me too.

So instead of becoming a millionaire, I built this little web app that lets you snap a pic of your lottery ticket (Powerball or Mega Millions only) and uses **EasyOCR** to tell you:

“Sorry, you’re still broke 😅”

# 1. Why I made it:

* I got tired of manually typing numbers from my wrinkled ticket like it was 2003
* I wanted to learn **EasyOCR** and **Streamlit**
* And I needed a new way to be disappointed — but with speed and elegance

# 2.  What it does:

* Upload a photo of your ticket (clear lighting, please — it's not psychic)
* It uses EasyOCR to read the numbers
* Then it checks if you matched the winning numbers
* And finally, it politely informs you that you're not retiring early today 🎉

# 3. Tech Stack:

* 🧠 EasyOCR (turns ticket pics into text)
* 🌐 Streamlit (so even my grandma can use it)
* 💔 Disappointment-as-a-Service (DaaS™️)

# 4. Try it here: [https://luckysnap-qsmcva85w7ckmmg9oeydqd.streamlit.app/](https://luckysnap-qsmcva85w7ckmmg9oeydqd.streamlit.app/)

Would love feedback! Also accepting:

* Feature requests (should I add sad violin music?)
* Bugs (please don’t say “the app is broken because I didn’t win”)
* Confetti explosions for winners (if I ever meet one)

  
(*still not a millionaire, but now slightly better at Python*)

I built an app that reads your Powerball or Mega Millions ticket so you can find out you didn’t win — FASTER