In the beginning of this short story Ivan Dmitritch didn't believe in luck. He didn't know why his wife continued to buy lottery tickets. He has no faith that they would win so he ignores her about checking the newspaper for the winning numbers. When Ivan looked at the newspaper for the next ticket she bought he saw that they had the same series number. At this point Ivan seemed to finally have a little faith in his wife's choices. He has a moment of bliss surprise and shock at the idea that they could have won 75000.
He's disregarding his wife's pleads to check the ticket number because for the first time he believes there could be something more to his life. Ivan thinks that if they had all this money his life would be better, more at peace, and he is hoping that he that he has won all of that money so he can be what he thinks will be happy. Once he starts to realise its his wife's ticket and she will control what happens with it he gets worried. He quickly looks at the winning number and looks up at their life with a whole new perspective. Ivan becomes depressed because he realises he's not going to be able to escape, or stop working, or do all of the things he imagined he would do.
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