I don’t buy lottery tickets for two reasons, the odds are azillion to one and I don’t want to give my money to the government, they have enough.
People would be better investing their lottery money over a 30 year period. Even at nominal rates of return and say $25/week they’d be surprised what they would “win” after 30 years.
But it is a voluntary tax! Too bad all government revenue can’t be raised that way.
Neal Boortz, a former talk show host in Atlanta, would refer to the Georgia lottery as the “stupid tax”.
Yeah, I know. Somebody wins, and blowing a few bucks isn’t going to break anybody, but I just can’t stand the “It’s FUN blowing your money on tickets!” commercials.
If I am going to gamble, I’ll play poker, craps or even a slot machine before I buy a lottery ticket.
$6 on a lotto gamble over 1.1 billion is a minimal risk. I know I’ll never win but for a moment you think of all the people who would disappear from your life…🙂