Trying to run a business is on a completely different moral plane from “playing” the lottery.
If you particpate in the lottery you are attempting to use the power of the state ( all lotteries are state monopolies) to transfer money from your fellow citizens to you. In that respect buying a lottery ticket is no different than voting for a democrat. You are trying to get something for nothing.
staring a business at this time in MN, would be similar to playing the lotto, in that odds are, the State will win.