Evening Brother!
In 5 years the buying power of the same $1.79 would be about 89cents.
We only play when the payout is really large. My boss always coughs up a buck.
His position is that we aren't going to win but he can't take the chance that we might. Being in the nursing field we would have to quit. We'd be an open invitation to law suit.
My boss is afraid he will be left behind with no staff and needing to hire and train 14 specialists.
We have an ace in the hole even though it hasn't paid off yet.
My sister who is the secretary for the unit has a 6th sense about gambling. She gets the feeling that she needs to buy a ticket and unless she has it she doesn't buy. She has won
10 and 12 thousand dollars.
She buys the tickets. So far we haven't had her urge coincide with a big jackpot but it might happen yet.