Mother’s Day is Here! Are You Ready?

Mom's are awesome. And you better not forget to take care of them because this weekend in Mother's Day weekend. Whether you place a thoughtful phone call, send flowers or take her out for brunch, make the effort to make Mother's Day special.

Mom's took care of you when you could not take care of your self. They nurture you and nudge you forward as you get older. And, as you get older, they never stop worrying about you! So take care of them always.

On today's Craig Shemon and Company on ESPN Southwest Florida we will have some fun with moms. Tune in for TV Mom Trivia! We will offer the TV kid's character's names and you match the TV mom's character's name.

Whether you watched TV in the 50's, 60's, 70's, 80's, 90's or beyond, central casting for most TV shows, especially sitcoms, started with the mom. Get that roll right and you may have a winner on your hands.

There are decades of TV shows to chose from like "I Love Lucy," "Leave it to Beaver," "The Simpsons," or "Modern Family," just to name a few. In all cases, these shows had a strong mom character to be the backbone of the show.

Maybe, just maybe, YOUR mom had a favorite mom character on a TV show she liked to watch back in the day. Feel free to jump in with your opinion on the most memorable moms on TV on Craig Shemon and Company on ESPN Southwest Florida.

Oh, and one final tip for you guys out there. Don't forget your wives if they are the mother of your children. Especially if the children are small and cannot think of things to do for their mom. Step up and set an example for your children on how to make Mother's Day Special. In fact, treat it like an additional birthday and make a big deal about it. You're welcome!

If this Mother's Day, you decide to forgo the usual flowers or dinner with Mom and get her scratchers, how do you know the best Florida Lottery Tickets to get her? As usual, we're here to help. But remember, Mother's Day isn't just about a present, even if that present scores her piles of cash. You really have to do more.

We packaged up some very unique ideas for Mother's Day presents and put them all here. These could be stand alone gifts, or paired with something more.

Obviously the restaurants are going to be jammed, so maybe you're looking for some other things you can do together. Never fear, that list is right here.

Yes, flowers are thoughtful and a pretty strong go-to when it comes to Mother's Day. But if there's a pet in the house you need to be careful in which flowers you choose. Let's not have "Mother's Day" associated with the time you poisoned her cat. Take a look at the flowers to avoid here.

I think we've covered all the bases, so let's get down to why you're here. The plan is to get Mom some winning Florida Lottery tickets. The first stat we'll look at is where to buy. Publix. Pretty simple. Data shows that Publix leads all retailers in winning tickets sold.

You can also pick up some flowers while you're there, one stop, bam. You're set. you'll soon be sending Mom off to the club to make it rain.

We're trying to get Mom some winners, so we go to the Florida Lottery website for data. There are 3 games that haven't had any big winners hit yet, so I'm thinking they're due. All the big winners are out there, so your Mom should get the first. Here are my picks for Best Florida Lottery tickets to play this Mother's Day. Finally, don't burn your rent money playing lottery tickets, remember to always play responsibly.

This $20 card promises 4 winners will take home a 10 million dollar grand prize. 19 of the 20 1 million dollar prizes remain, someone from Port St. Lucie won a million on this ticket and cashed it in on April 30th. It's a big card with lots of scratching and some bonus squares that could be hiding a winner. This could be a good one to get her.

We can't overlook the strong Hispanic population in Southwest Florida, so check out this $5 card. 22 people have cashed in $10,000 winning tickets, but no one has claimed the million dollar prize, yet. And there's 6 of them out there. The best part of this game is that it's going to take while for Mom to play. All for $5. 

There's 5 different versions of this ticket, ranging from $1 up to $50. And only one of them has not hit big, yet. This one. Show Mom you care with a $50 lottery ticket. 30 people have already claimed a million off this one including 2 million dollar winners in Naples. There are 2 $25 million dollar tickets out there. Good luck. 

Every Florida Lottery ticket has the potential to win something. But some tickets have all their big winners gone. Those tickets include Seven Figures, 1MM Triple Match, $25K A Year For Life, $20 Monopoly Doubler, and $2 Monopoly Doubler, You can still play any of these games, just know that there's no way you're gonna hit it big.