Playing the lottery isn't gambling, with gambling, you have a reasonable chance to win, you don't with the lottery.
The lottery is a voluntary tax. It gives poor people a chance to pay voluntary taxes, I love it.
I volunteer to pay $2 to $4 a month, it's for education and the children . . . you know. {;o)
That's why I hate the lottery with a passion, it plays on the greed of those less fortunate. Now, if you want to play the lottery, or go to a cansino or the race track for that matter, and accept the fact up front you
will lose money, I say fine, its entertainment, like going to a movie or playing a round of golf. But don't tell me you have a "system" and you are going to make money on it over time. There is a reason states love the lottery, and big company's put up facy casinos with all sorts of freebies and low cost food, it because
they make lots and lots of money off of people who thing they have it all figured out.
Me, I don't do it, I won't play games that I know have a negative expected return.