Why not play a couple of bucks a week? The year before last on a two dollar ticket I hit five grand. At that point it was a windfall. I put the money in my safe and saved some of it for Christmas, the rest I used for bills. I had the the store I bought my ticket at, save all the looser tickets for me and when tax time came, the entire pot was all mine. Feeling guilty? --- not at all. This past year by plaing six bucks a week, have collected two grand. Tax on stupid????? My daughter loves the bike I bought her. To play the way some people play......well... not me. I have been lucky, but not stupid.
Six bucks a week is still entertainment level. $40 a day is hardcore addict level. I see lots worse getting my coffee in the morning!
Admitting to what seems to be felony tax fraud on the public Internet where you are traceable and not anonymous would seem to me to make one feel a little guilty.