Doesn't Grab the Concept

Like most states, PA has a daily 3-digit number drawn in its lottery. One option, which costs $.50 more, is "boxing" your digits. For example, if you play 3-2-1 and the number drawn is 2-1-3, you still win. Boxing increases your chances, simply put, when you play different digits. The scene is set. On with the story!
Recently, my buddy Pat went into a convenient store to make a soda delivery. A young, unkempt, grubbed-out dude entered the store and asked the clerk for a daily number chance. "Yeah, I wanna play 6-6-6," he drawled, (Pat commented, "Why on earth would you play that number??") "...and BOX it..."
The clerk was a bit taken aback. "Uh, you don't have to box 3 digits that are the same."
Boy Wonder was undaunted. "No, I wanna box it," he determined.

Yep. There goes the future of America.