Grammatical Peculiarities

Sentence #2 is the correct answer. Where's my prize?

 

OK, so what does Sentence #1 mean?

 

Sentence #1 as it is written is lamenting the absence of a puzzle to do.

Edit.... Well damn.... Don't I feel luck a dummy all of a sudden....

 

I find it odd that you can use the terms "not having" and "having" and end up with the same sentence meaning. I've tried other examples and I get different meanings. Just peculiar.

 

The first time I read the first sentence, I got the exact opposite meaning.