“To each their own. I equate the lottery as a fun chance to dream of having financial security. I play rarely and when It gets to a certain point. Is that any different than paying 15 bucks for a movie ticket? Or bowling or a pack of cigs?”
If that’s your entertainment, fine. Personally, I feel that I get something finite to enjoy with movie tickets or bowling.
I used to travel regularly to Vegas for business. A couple times I dumped $10 just to try it. The gambling experience is not a thrill to me. I would get a sick feeling when I lost it. My free time would generally be spent exercising, catching up on paperwork or in the video game room when I was there.
To that end, spending just one dollar on the skinniest of chances to becoming financially free gives you infinitely more of a chance than bowling or a movie. Which is how a responsible lottery bet should be waged.
Ill agree with you a thousands times over for habitual lotto buyers who choose the ticket over medicine or food.