My OH calls the lottery a "tax on hope"
I do buy lottery tickets, every 2nd Saturday when it is my turn to get the newspapers I buy one ticket. Have I won? Yes.
Have I won lots? No. But I do enjoy thinking I might one day.
I have actually been more fortunate with Premium Bonds. I got a cheque, small, just before Christmas.
It is up to each person how they want to spend their hard earned money, it becomes sad when addiction takes over.