['I was trying to win a gift card in the work raffle ticket contest, and I lost by one number!', 'Oh that was so close.', 'Yeah, I bought a lot of tickets to try to win, so I feel sad about that.']
Maybe you will win next time!
I had bought several raffle tickets at work to win a gift card to a restaurant, but I lost out by one number! I felt kinda sad over it.