I love the lotto haters!..‘it’s a stupid tax people”! ...“it’s a tax on people who can’t do math”.. So pompous and self-righteous. For the past couple of years I have played Mega Millions and Powerball to the tune of $6 whole dollars a week (total)…big friggen deal! Yes, I have heard “smart” guys explain how much all that money would amount to if I just saved it and earned interest on it…really?
Look, for a few bucks a week I get to dream about wonderful things I could do for my family and friends that I simple couldn’t do otherwise. It’s fun to “be in it” even if the odds of winning are slim.
And about those odds,….How much time, money and effort do you spend on presidential elections? Hmmm…..and how many presidential “winners” have there been in the history of the country? Talk about “feeding the beast”! I guess we should teach our children that aspiring to be president is just stupid since the odds are extremely slim.
For me, it’s an easy bet and a happy day dream…even if I never win.
I suspect your life would be hell if you won. Unless you are a very strong personality willing to avoid almost every person and institution you knew prior to winning.
The demands would be overwhelming.
Guess what, you can dream for free.
My wife and I will buy a few quick-picks when the jackpots start getting really big. We did last Saturday and I'm sure I'll pick up a few tonight as well.
It's funny. She dreams about all the wonderful things she could do with all that money whereas I stress about the unbelievable burden that would come with trying to manage all that money. The way I see it, winning $425 million would make all my old problems go away but I'd have a whole bunch of new problems to replace them with.
Still, I think I'd be up for the challenge!
Exactly right....you buy a chance to dream. The actual Powerball jackpot odds are 1 in 175 million. Very extreme longshot odds. The odds go against you once your chances drop below an even money bet or 1 out 2. 1 in 175 million is astronomical so in essence you buy a chance to dream and that is it. As in the case of the last drawing all the tickets bought did not win the jackpot and hence it grows until enough tickets are bought to yield a winner or winners on the next one. No guarantee there will be a winner either but eventually there will.