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So I've been wondering a lot time now why some people choose to play lottery which is made in such a way that it's statistically impossible to win and not any other game that gives about 49% chance to win? In online crypto-gambling there are a lot of such services.

Personally I'd advice against gambling overall (ye I know I wear a gambling signature at the moment!) but if someone insists on playing something without thinking or using skills, then why not buy a random stock? That'd give them 50% chance to win and with some research they could increase this chance.


I found this nice video a day ago, it tells the truth about lotteries in a funny way: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9PSWTDhHGt4

A very good point is made at 2:55 about the probabilities
Also at 4:07 they lottery in comparison with gambling and stock market in a funny way... "we take away all the skill of blackjack or poker just to make sure we have the best chance of getting your money"! :D

One main reason I can think of is probably low stakes, high rewards. We all know that greediness is, by default embedded within a human's psyche, ergo rendering us hungry for a high roll without risking a lot in the process. This has been pretty evident to the nature of gamblers, though there are still people who are willing to go nuts to chase losses etc. There also goes the factor of "feeling lucky" that some people carry on with them. It's a flawed belief, but given the low stakes of a lottery, why not go for it and hope to hit the jackpot, aye?

Great video but I don't think those who are an addict in a lottery will give in, some of my friends I've known have won the lower prize and I tell you, you have to kill them for them to stop betting, they are not going to stop, and of course those poor people whose only salvation is hitting the jackpot even if they don't have a chance to win.

I don't think that's the real reason why people bet in a lottery. Maybe the instant money that they are hoping for is the reason they want to do it. Common people for sure don't think about how many percents the chance of winning is but instead thinking that they could win because of their beliefs. I know some people who have wasted a lot of money with continuously buying lottery tickets in the hope of winning the grand prize.

Awesome YouTube Channel you shared, would be looking at some of their stuff too. Interesting videos.

Hope you realize everyone gamble in one way or the other, gambling general isn't bad but when you get obsessed with it which results to addiction is when it becomes bad. Next time you might want to promote something you agree to and not just to do it for the money. During your spare time, you can read this topic
Back to your topic, The only reason I can think of why gamblers might prefer choosing lottery Instead of anything else is because they're feeling lucky, personally I only play lottery when I'm feeling lucky. Although the chances of winning are impossible I still believe I have a shot since someone else has previously won.

We all are advising most of the readers here to insist on gambling but it turns out most of them are already addicted to it.

Nice video though, it is funny especially the part where he said, "6-9-6-9-6-9" so proudly and the guy is like "uughh!", well I think people are used to that joke nowadays. Anyway, that is so true, they are not thinking how much they can spend in 5 years since it is a small amount of money this day. I hope a lot of cousins can watch this video and some that are really addicted to this lottery. Also, don't mind about the signature since they will be the one responsible for clicking that and it is not like you are saying they should click it.

Qoute from the video:

"... it stays legal is because the government is the profiteer of your hopeless dreams."

I also play the lottery and people like me play the lottery because if I win the jackpot it answers all my needs, and unlike all the other form of gambling I only need to win once, and that is the jackpot, to become financially free , compare to other forms of gambling, you can win many times but your winnings are nothing compared to the lottery jackpot prize if you hit it.

Great video for reference, but even if you invite lottery bettor to watch the video, I don't think they will be come converted and will not bet anymore, they are following their dreams, every bettor is a dreamer and they are betting with their hopes.

It is not surprising why many people play lottery games because of the chance to win huge amount of money with small bet. FYI, lottery is still the most popular gambling game in my country although gambling is ilegal but there are still so many people buys lottery tickets every single day online or offline. Aside from the chance to win big, the other reason can be related to its simplicity. People buy tickets then wait for the result, people do not need to spend their times too much to play it unlike the other games where people need to stay for longer time in gambling.

It is all about that feeling when you hit the special number. People feel special when they hit the jackpot. Buying stocks and watching charts are boring stuff for them. I never see the logic in their actions as well but I somehow understand it. If you played any RPG games where you need to gear your character up, you would understand, the feeling is pretty close. I still remember how It felt when a good unique item gets dropped in diabloII.

Well it's just like "high risk high reward chance"

You can also try on dice by setting 0.01% winning chance
When sport betting you can bet on weak team or higher than 5 odds

Every people have their own style to gamble

People need hope, and this exactly what they are selling. Also, humans tend to overestimate their winning chance. It's called positive bias.
The funny thing is I also like the lottery the most, despite knowing all this stuff.

The good thing about lottery is the participants are sure that 99%+ of the total collected amount would go to users. They are not playing against the house and the house just collects a commission from the winners.
I don't think there are any online gamblers that just sticks to lottery and nothing else. Though lottery is fun, it has a lot of passive time and has no thrill between buying of tickets and the draw.

That's also one of them, but people choose the lottery because they can buy tickets at a cheaper price than gambling. Of course, with their great hopes that will get the jackpot, they always hope at the jackpot because the prize is very large. Not only that, people play the lottery because they feel hopeless with gambling, well playing gambling will produce more losses and chase losses.

According to them gambling is very annoying right, where they will continue to pursue losses and increase their losses. And that's what I feel when playing gambling, this is not a matter of not having the best strategy. But I don't think there is a best strategy that will always win 100%, there are times when the best strategy is not in luck anymore.

Lottery is one of the oldest known social gambling. Lottery is much more famous in real world than online and with the introduction of smart contracts it has become fair and just online. The odds for lottery are low but the reward are high and the house edge is mostly even lower than the best of dice sites.

Because people believing in luck and the prize pool in lottery gambling is quite a huge amount. So, they keep hoping that one day the luck will be them. Although it is unlikely that you will win, if you will hit the prize pool you will win a lot. While there are some people they want to earn huge money in the shortest amount of time possible. Because lottery gambling is NO skill required, NO studying, NO technical analysis, just buy and buy more tickets. It is unilateral, totally based on luck and does not discriminate.

There are some reasons made the people to play lottery more than other games:

- Bet amount is just dust when compare to the winning rewards.

- The waiting time to know the result keep the people excited.

- Some people believe that they will always be right no matter million times they did wrong predictions.

The simplest answer is the game is the simplest todo.

Lottery betting won’t take you a minute to bet and can find result tomorrow or close to that time frame.

While playing other gambling is time consuming and needs large capital

Added is most lottery bettors are usually older people that is just enjoying the small chance to win but give them time to wait for the result.in short these people are willing to take a once in a lifetime chances that gambling longer time in the tables

People have their own reasons why choose lottery instead of other games but maybe unlike other gambling games which is required skill then lottery is pretty much easy not necessary skill only to buy particular number and waiting the drawing results whether it won or not and regarding the percentages indeed it was very low to won the lottery but for those who liked lottery i think they will very confident with their luck

People are betting because they want something that can fulfill all their dreams, they consider winning a lottery like a genie granting them wish, Some lottery offer to share their revenues to charity, and this is one of the reasons why they bet, they are betting for their hopes and dreams while at the same time getting a feeling that they are donating to a charity by betting on a lottery.

I Would suggest opposite of the OP statement. "Why not choose everything else other than the lottery"  ;)
Trust me you will never win in any lottery game. Its better not to play gambling than to play the lottery to lose all of your invested money.

In many countries, the lottery has low fees and has a certain schedule you will need to pay I guess it is not that kind of a high stake because if someone would surely win they will take a big sum out of it, And I guess even though there is a low percentage in winning the lottery many people still prefer to bet on it because I think there is some fairness in it that you can see while they randomly pick numbers to win certain combination, And there are many people trusting it because your true opponent here are all the gamblers that have bet on it and not the house,

Well, I used to take certain numbers that are very common and well known to me and that is what I am continuously using to make a bet on Lottery.  

So I guess the main reason is greed... people want to invest as little as possible and get as much as possible in the shortest possible time... that's kinda discusting!
Put some freaking effort damn it! No wonder that even people who win a lottery won't become more happy, their whole mindset is wrong and they should work on that first instead of thinking money will solve all their problems.

The main reason why people choose the lottery is probably because it gives a good reward when people are lucky enough. The probability of winning can be ignored by them and the only thing they see is the amount of money they can get even though they unconsciously have to chase it all the time and still not win.

I think the prize is a big motivation, imagine you only need one ticket to win millions, you can never get that on any betting sites, it's the poor and average man's only way to become instantly rich, so they are putting their hopes here.

One thing for this matter,

People/Gamblers aren't really patient enough for them to engage with stock betting.Yeah,they know the probabilities but majority would love to see instant and fast way.

About on Lottery,they do make side bets yet we know even the odds is almost impossible to hit up but hopes cant really be stopped.

I guess it is because the prizes of a lottery draw is usually an attractive huge amount, and some gamblers might be hoping to get lucky and win the huge prizes from the lottery. It also requires little research and knowledge about the game since the numbers that appears on a lottery draw is totally random, so I think some people who are very busy in their life with work might just buy the lottery ticket for entertainment purpose with a slim hope of striking rich overnight.

For me, because it's very affordable, high reward, and most of all, hobby or addiction by beliving on your magic or lucky number. I'm not a fan of the lottery, but my uncle does. He will just tell you when you ask why he always bet on the lottery, and he will answer that it's like in smoking that you will buy cigarette(with how much ) and smoke it then what will happen after you finish it, pros and cons to your mental and physical health( body) right. Then we will just tell that in lottery is just same for him, because he knows the fact that the percentage of winning in the lottery is meager but he always enjoy in betting on the lottery ( even he spend his money, but not everything), and when you smoke you know that fact there will always be a disadvantage that will happen to your body, and you still spend your money . Why you still continue smoking? Because you want it, right? So the fact is you still spending some money on the things that not too important to others, but it's important to you even you know the consequence is spending your money in to non-sense by other people. We always have an addiction that when can’t control and I think some people become addicted to lottery-like my uncle. :)
 

psychologically we are very difficult to overcome this attraction, our minds are only focused on the profits obtained if win.

I will win... I will win LMAO  :D. so far the percentage I won the lottery is only 25% and the rest is a loss, but there is no harm in trying and hoping... good luck for us  ;)

I think it is because of the lottery jackpot prize and with the amount that they have to spend on a single ticket. Unlike gambling in a casino, it does requires a lot of huge bankrolls before you win big time but most of the time you will end up losing. I think most people especially poor people like the lottery because they don't need to spend a lot of money for their wish.

Low stakes, and yet the probability of getting a win is almost 0%. It's kinda hard to tell if you will win or not because there's a lot of people that is risking also their money for the huge jackpot. There are also many digits so the difficulty is very high so I won't play lottery.

It is good to have lottery ticket and it actually made allot of people rich but I consider it little risky as you will not be sure about winning but if you are lucky trust me lottery ticket can make your future so bright. Better buy some ticket but with well trusted sites only and before sending money ask for historical preview.

People are hoping to get rich with lottery tickets with cheapest price and huge amount of prize but yeah I still prefer gambling websites. There's an issue in our country regarding lottery outlets and they suspended the operation for about 5days, in regards with this I must say a lot of people got angry with it. There is nothing wrong if we also consider both lottery and gambling sites at the same time.

I can pretty much speak for myself and others on this. I bet on lottery every once in a while because of the very huge winning prize. Here in my country, the prize could reach as high as $16,000,000. There is no other way to acquire such massive amount of wealth for us ordinary citizens, legally or illegally, but by betting on a lottery number combination. The almost unbelievable amount is so enticing that even the rich and the elites are also betting on it. And how much does a single combination cost? A mere 4 cents.

So my question is, would you even be thinking of the very low probability of winning if by a mere 4 cents you can already have the chance to acquire $16,000.000?

I think one reason is it doesn't need necessary skills in lottery aside from luck. If there is a skill that is needed to win in gambling, kindly say it here because for me, lottery is purely luck unlike card games.

Well, this is the reason why I don't want to invest that much in gambling because I'd prefer investing it on stocks or crypto rather than in gambling. Gambling is high reward and high risk investment unlike stocks that is low to medium risk and low to medium reward.

The reward you get on winning is extremely high and that is what is making people to preferred lottery to other games. I have a family friend that win a house and job through lottery and that makes me believe that it is better to play it than other form of gambling.

Maybe my answer will almost same with others, lottery can give biggest reward than other gambling maybe, because in other gambling games maybe a lot of odds is available and we can pick anything that we want to bet. But lottery sometime can change people's life although it is on bad or good side.

We know that lottery has attracting many people to buy the ticket with a very low price so they can buy a lot of tickets and hope that one of their tickets can win the money, any money. But the truth is that the lottery is pure base on the luck so we are difficult to see we can win the money even to win the jackpot. We all too greedy to buy a lot of tickets and we spent too much money because we think that lottery can give fast money to us, but the reality is just a game that needs the luck to win.

Indeed right, the lottery game is based on luck and it is hard for anyone acquiring the massive amount of the prize pool on a lottery. The odds are low chances and the value of tickets to purchase is very cheap. That's why people that want to rich quick are hoping and dreaming that someday they will hit the prize pool of lottery and live happily ever after and an early retirement once you hit the jackpot prize. Well, we can't blame that there are some gamblers must they choose lottery than other gamble game.

just like what other said low stake high rewards. also you don't have to spend hours on a casino or online just to play it. most people who gamble in lottery
are doing it for convenience and just hoping that they would win and it is also stress free.

People who only buy the national lotteries are not true gamblers,they buy tickets for cheap euros or dollars and they don't think twice,they don't expect to win,if a miracle happens their life will change for the better.

I don't understand people who buy online lottery at all,chances to be cheated are high so it is not worthy to buy these lotteries.

Not all lotteries are as you describe. The two popular ones i know in crypto give you precisely the statistical odds of winning as your # of tickets. These are freebitco.in and crypto-games.net it's just a prize pool split completely with the winners.

In the former tickets are even free, in the latter edge is 0.

Now of course I know the ones you are referring to. But you see, we're talking about the chance to win millions for a low initial outlay.

Even at dice, with a max payout at most places around 10,000x, 1 dollar gets you 10k.

I buy those million dollar payout lotteries too, knowing very well the odds are insanely stacked.

But hey, that's still a shade better than 0 chance if I don't buy it. Also, I quit smoking. I now spend a fifth of my savings from that habit on the lottery haha...

We could think that the lottery isn't gambling but they are...besides, a lot of people get addicted to this than of the other form of gambling because of its attractive prize...
And lottery games is just like the others, it needs luck and not a miracle...You'll be a lucky person if you won the jackpot cause of numbers in combination.

Right, we could let them choose what they want, but at least, we could tell them that what they did is not right. They can have a dream to win the jackpot from the lottery, but that doesn't mean they should spend a lot of money to buy the ticket. I am sure that if we can explain to them not to spend too much money and it's better to use for another thing, I think they will understand. But that will depend on what they think of about the lottery, and I know that it will hard to change their perception about the lottery.

Probably, they choose to play lottery the number 1 reason is the price was too cheap but you could win big, if you are lucky person.
Aside from that no hassle, you don't need to pressure yourself of think how you going to win, instead all you need is to place a digits
in which you think is lucky for you.

I love the word Positive Bias,though this was the first time I read this but I think it’s trithf that people sometimes or mostly has this idea and also applicable for me since I use to feel this same way ..people bet for lottery for a chance of winning huge with a tiny chance tha a normal gambling that gives higher chance of winning
Cheers on that mate.my grandfather always asked me to bet for him in lottery outlet and ofcourse aside from his bet that I know I am part of if he wins,still I managed to bet for my own number as well 🤪

I like the video, it is an entertaining way of exposing how lottery works.  And it all hits the spot.  Aside from the given spot on detail on how the government take advantage of this gambling game, there is also a time where they rig a result.   I think there is one in my country about this case : https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/593339/netizens-cry-655-lotto-was-rigged.

Why they are not true gamblers while they are risking their money in a hope to win something big? No matter the risked amount is small or big but as long as they are risking it then it is called as gambling already. If there is a high possibility to be cheated then we should play on provably fair lottery only although it is very rare in this world. Most online lottery is indeed non provably fair game but it can be changed if they want to by using blockchain technology. I believe if most online lotteries or national lotteries adapts blockchain technology then there will be much more people buy the tickets.
 

Because low odds to win means a big prize. This way you don't need to play with a big bankroll to hit the moon, a $1 lottery ticket could make you earn millions with the right luck... as you say, it's almost impossible to win, but those who win it instantly become rich.

One fun fact about this is, if you read about testimonials who win the lottery, most of them say it ruins their lives.

The problem is, it's not "tiny chance" but you are more likely to get struck by lightning than to win a lottery, lmao ;D

That's an excellent bonding activity ;D

I think the lottery is not a problem for us, who seek entertainment or the "fun" part of the game. However, I feel bad for people who really hope to win a lottery, since it is most likely to never happen in their lifetime.

I'm personally not a big fan of lotteries myself and I likely won't ever be a big lottery ticket buyer, but my dad always buys lottery tickets and he says that he buys 'em instead of other forms of gambling because of the potentially immense payout despite the miniscule odds to win. The chances to win are also why people choose to gamble in general, even though you've got house edge on most casinos and you're statistically going to lose in the long run. The latter's a big reason why I hardly ever buy lottery tickets and why I tend towards other games like roulette or just sportsbetting.

I have known a friend who is really fanatic about lottery and he always make sure that he has bought tickets everytime he was given lucky digits to bet. I feel sad for him because he has never win big amount of profit since the time he started lottery gambling. I can't imagine how big is his loss already which only keeps him losing everytime he buys another ticket to bet.

I suppose there are provably fair lotteries too, where you know the exact chances of winning, that's a bit better than having to calculate the chances yourself and depend on some numbered balls, but the chance are always higher with games that require some skills.... as long as you have the skills that is! :D

I have a contrary belief, I am not really into lotteries because of how cheap it is and I belief I would still do it if it was way more expensive. The reason I would choose lottery is because I understand its strictly a game of chance and I am quite so optimist that luck would always be on my side and even though I do not win instantly, I could keep on playing believing that the time is just not ripe for me.

This cannot be compared to other games that you have to put in a lot of skills, research and also more money and at the end of the game still get fucked up because the house is always the winner. That’s bullshit. Rather stay on a game that you know its complete luck based. No manipulation whatsoever, this is my pure reason why I choose lottery and would again choose it over  all forms of gambling.

I agree. It is definitely greed. People these days would love to do anything to earn lots of money even if they risk almost everything they have. They want to earn fast and easy.

It is true that you invest a little betting in lottery but also there's a little possibility to win. So it's not being wise at all. As long as they don't win or never satisfied with their lottery winnings, they will never stop trying. Just imagine the money they lost from it.

That's why people should not always choose lottery to invest their money in but also try to do other useful ways for them to earn money.

why not ? lottery always known to have a high prize pool  . that would be millions and billions whilst other kind of gambling games only have a limited set of prize  . thier max would only be 1 btc or it could rise up to 5 btc if the gambling site is huge  and have alot of funds  or sponsors  .  

but , this would not mean that regular gambling games are bad but infact they got the most players as when compare to lottery players because lottery is almost impossible to win  .

I think it because people can buy lottery with cheap price to get big prizes. They can use the minimum amount of money to buy the lottery, and they can do it for fun and don't think much about the prizes or even the jackpot. They can let it go if somehow they cannot win the money and they will try in the next days just hope that in the next days will be their luck. I think lottery games is one of the big gambling business that attracts more people to come and try the games and they are making a lot of money from the people.

People like to chase the big jackpots that a lottery provides even though the odds are a lot lower overall compared to blackjack.  Also many lotteries are used to fund government programs like the public education system.

This how people think.

If you say 1/10 individuals has a probability to have an HIV then then will say they impossibly be the one but if you say there are 292 million odds of winning a powel ball, they will say they have the chance.

Who else doesnt want betting a dollar and winning millions of it after?

The money for lotteries can easily be afforded and don’t forget that there are a very high number of those who want to make money from gambling but do not have the required skills. So, most of the times they also see lottery as gambling and the fact its cheap and very affordable would make them give it a trial.

This for me is waste of money, sometimes this little money when calculated becomes big and yet not signal of being a winner. I had one friend that has bought ticket for over 200 times and the day he realized he has been wasting money was when he stopped. He could have actually predicted a sport game with same money and stand a good chance of winning. He decided to start betting properly and hes been doing amazingly well with normal bets than the usual deceptive lottery ticket stuff.

And also maybe that’s why Lottery is the most choice of people because this is the first Legal gambling in many countries and the first gambling also that supported by governments.so people tend to follow the rules and become part of their daily living,and besides this is also the cheapest form of gambling

Greed is indeed one of the primary reasons why people do really love to bet up on lotteries in spite of the odds of winning.We cant really blame everyone yet its part of human nature
to seek up things that can give them such life-changing opportunities.We know on how much these lottery winnings can give out that chance to live out like a king of hitting the jackpot this is why some people just bet and just hoping and praying even if they would need to bet like forever.  :)

Biggest rewards in gambling industry comes from lottery even it could be in millions so everyone who wishes to change their financial life keep playing lotteries.But the reality of winning in lottery is extremely low even in our life time it may not happen even if we keep playing everyday.

Lottery is the game that can bring high profits that would be life changing.
Of course the possibility of winning is the least of any other gambling game, yet people believe that they are going to be the winners and they prefer lottery over other gambling games with lower profit margin.

Each has their own advantages but I think there are way lesser chances in wining in lottery than in gambling because its  more of guessing/probability.
Though with lottery, you don't have to formulate nor master winning strategies unlike in slots or casinos gambling.
Playing the lottery may require little money but once the player wins its more likely to be big. It all about what works best for the player and the willingness to stick to it.

With each lose these are chances of making profit so the same way with each profit some chances of lose as well. But if we will pay our money only at lucky things I am sure it will increase my earning. I like to put money in two things one is crypto betting and the other one is purchasing lottery tickets as both are good and safe.

Here in my country, lotteries are run by the government and proceeds are used in various projects and most specially helping those who are in need like for hospitalization. So if I did not win, at least the money will be spent in helping people. It's just sad that lately there were news that portion of that money are going to that pockets of politicians and not to where its intended purposes.

You can win big money with only a few tickets. Example like me, I play the lottery at LOTEO and This day, I win some LOTEU from APOLLO.

You can check my name "claywtf" at APOLLO 11, If don't believe. It's quite fun, because only using a few tickets and their draw system using how many tickets you used instance using a number lottery. Also, their system using RNG system to draw the lottery.

Lotterys give the biggest prizes, simplest answer of all.   If you are on a slot machine, you bound up in time and effort and no further ahead quite easily because its all managed to occupy and entertain rather then return that result of riches for you.    Lottery - you only have to be lucky once.    Slot machine I'm going end up tired as a dog even if I got rich because I'm pulling that bandit handle many times to get there.

A lottery is entirely simple and straightforward and everybody knows what they are getting.  I'm not arguing its the best odds, it isnt but in terms of both effort expended and time occupied to place the bet it really is the least cost to take part in.   Thats all many want, a dream of more.

I remember my aunt's cousin defending himself about this addiction.

He is also putting his money into the lottery, buying tickets and depending on the numbers he is putting for almost 3 years. When we asked about his addiction, he never admits to it but this is his answer when we asked him why he's still betting. I also think that he wants to earn a million out of that small digit, I mean, yeah, who would not want that but the thing is that in the long run, that small digit if saved is a great help.

I don’t think you are completely right on this bro. Lottery even gives better opportunity to have other investments because in most cases the money for lottery is usually very small compared to other types of gambling’s that takes more money. Its true that the chances of winning in lottery can be slim but when lucky to win, its as well always huge so I consider it worthy to play and I believe this is the reason so many players choose lottery as well.

I can vividly recall an old friend that won about $200,000 simply by playing with less than $20 it was huge, we were only returning from school when he saw where the lottery ticket was been sold, and the most painful side of the story was that my friend had no money on him, so he convinced me to try but because I was too scared, I then borrowed him the money to play, lol and behold, he won on that fateful that  and immediately, he had a change of status.

Yes lottery has a high prize pool because the chances of winning is very very low and because of the high prize pool, many are hoping that they will get it so most of the gamblers are putting their money into lottery.

Its almost impossible but the fact that the prize is very high compare to other gambling games, this attracts the gamblers to put their money into lottery :D.

you mean the tickets cost less compare to other games ?  the standard lottery ticket on our place is at .50 usd but there are also different lottery games and the tickets can cost higher . on the other hand there are also gambling games that you can bet cheaper than that .

you said that winning on a lottery is hard so why would people chose it ? they could rather play more on winnable games  .

there are tons of different casino games and gambling games that we can play out there and they are more fun than a plain lotto so why not try them ?

It seems that we're living in a sad world where many people (after all) are thinking how spending a penny today could make them a fortune TOMORROW!
The fact that they'll have spent thousands of $/€ in just one year and it's still 5000 times more likely that they'd be hit by a lighting eludes them...

Lol. Quite accurate. Though it's their money anyway. And compared to other gambling types, lottery doesn't take up a lot of your time. Place a bet, wait for the result. It's one type of gambling that doesn't have much chance of getting someone addicted. Again, it's just to compare it with other forms of gambling.

Maybe coz lottery was considered "safe" with a very large possible prize. Even the poorest can walk up to an outlet and make a bet. Gambling online require a little more effort so I guess we can understand why some people just can't do it, especially those even without smartphones.

These people would do some other gambling though, like Bingo.

I am very sure that over 70% of lottery players are not even aware that it sometimes used to fund government programs. What matters most to players is what they stand to gain and the reason like  you have clearly stated is because of big jackpot which requires more money to win in other gambling .

I have come to realize that gamblers do not play games that can easily be won but games that are cheap with hope of winning even though it’s pure luck based, it is also the same thing with coins used in purchasing, in recent the number of gamblers using dogecoin is much higher than gamblers using Bitcoin and other crypto currencies in gambling, so there would be no wonder why people are choosing lottery as it is always cheaper compared to any other gambling types.

Safe? In what way they are safe in lottery gambling?
Or in this reason, people keep gamble in the lottery because they want an instant rich if ever they hit the jackpot prize (which is 1% will become possible) that usually is a big amount in the prize pool. Yes, tickets are affordable to purchase even those people lack in budget keep in hoping they will win in the lottery. The fact that usually, people who bought tickets in the lottery are poor or what we say even out of budget but still wanted to risk their money even though that is a budget for their family.

We cant say that those who bought lottery tickets are poor but I do also believe that majority of them is on that state.Hoping for instant rich is one of the primary reason

why people do chose to bet or buy tickets even the odds is low.It might not cost too much but if you do tend to accumulate all of the amount you had spend on tickets
then you would realize that its much better if they had just save those money all along since from the beginning.

Lottery gives you possibility to win millions with some bucks but consider, it gives you possibility which is very, very unlikely to happen. This hopes turns people to choose Lottery instead of other games. But at the same time casinos don't have good name in society, people don't like when others gamble and look them in different way but when you play lottery, people look you in normal way, for some society plays a role there too.

It is not bad at all to wait if you have chances to win with it I really appreciate the decision of you uncle or aunty it is profitable and it is reality that investing in tickets for lottery is like winning huge amount with small investment. So be confident one day you will see your uncle winning million of amount which will make him rich.

Just imagine how much money was spent in 3 years. 6/58 lotto costs that's 0.00004260 BTC at todays BTC price, multiply that 52 since there are 52 weeks in a year then multiply in 3 since your aunts addiction lasted for 3 years that's 0.00664 BTC. That could have gone  along way if spent in another form of investment but that is your aunts way of entertaining herself, she is happy doing it. I wonder if she ever won anything like a consolation price in that 3 years.

Simply because lottery has the biggest jackpot prize, based on my experience that doesn't cost too much. Although your probability of being a victim of lightning is higher than hitting tha jackpot combination in a lottery, people still give a shot since the ticket prize doesn't make them regretful. Another factor is also its legality as it's supported by government in some countries thus people won't worry much even though they are gambling enthusiast or not.

I think most of the people want to get huge success in very quick time that is the only thing lotteries is famous in in everyone's mind set so it cannot be changed by everyone if you got the luck and timing then lottery is very favourable for you that's why I think people always choosing this kind of thing.

People loved to play lottery and nevermind for any possible losses that might happen to their betting investments. The expectations also is big as they're hoping to win for good prizes, and most importantly the jackpot amount. Most fiat lottery offers that promises but the chances for the bettors were less. Same kind of thing in crypto lottery chances also is very low.

That is right, with the cheap price of each lottery, every people can buy the tickets, and that is why people like to bet in the lotteries. Although they know that this game is purely based on luck, they can accept if they cannot win the prizes. Some people are buying many lotteries tickets because they hope that one of the tickets can win so they can get any prizes. Perhaps, the lottery games can reach huge people to bet for the prizes, so people are willing to spend some money to buy the tickets.

As a gambler I choose a type of game that I can win, I mean that I have a good chance of winning and that is not lottery.
Lottery is fun because you don't loss a lot but you can't focus on it due to the reason mentioned above, if I have to give up a type of game, I would give up lottery and just focus on sports betting as based on my experience, I can win this game and I can be consistent sometimes.

Random does not make it difficult, maybe you should just say it’s too much based on luck and this is even the most reason why many choose lottery. You can imagine yourself for example, you are interested in skill based game and time has not permitted you to learn. This is the reason many prefer a game that does not have any of these requirements and yet has chances of bringing in money.

Lottery might be luck based but it is cheap and yet comes with good profit when won. I still prefer it to skill based games because even those ones to some extent is dependent on luck though not like lottery
I personally commit some percentage from my monthly salary to purchase lottery tickets.

How does it feel when you buy a lot of lottery tickets and still you do not win. The money invested in all those lottery tickets is just wasted. That's the reason I hate the lottery system because the chances of winning are too less or rather  you can say it is impossible to win.

Lotteries in my opinion have low chance of making someone addicted to it. Because of its "almost impossible" chance of winning makes people not focus their money to it. Personally I would choose betting on a lottery other than gambling games because it doesn't take much time. In the end all of them is based on luck, lotteries just offers a bigger jackpot if you're the lucky person to win.

Odd as it may seem but lottery could also be very addictive. It does not seem so because of the very tiny probability of winning. However, as it has already happened to several people, one could actually be obsessed with the jackpot price that it becomes a practical goal, however impossible it seems. There are a lot of people who got hooked up to lottery so badly that they spend huge amounts in betting as many combinations as possible. Only to end up lost every time. Gambling, whatever game it may be, could actually ruin us.

I treat lottery just like you do, only for the sake of having that tiny chance to get instant enormous wealth. We both know it is only luck that would take us to that point. But to others, it is much different. 

"Safe" in the way that you know you won't get ripped should you win or that it's actually even possible to win. Of course unless your country was Mugabe's Zimbabwe - might as well give up all hopes of winning.   ;D

Yes lottery is usually associated with the poor but like I mentioned, they'll just pick the smallest they can bet. If they find the official lottery still expensive they'll play the cheaper illegal ones (though I consider those really shady, there's no proof that the games are fair). Lotto (at least where I live) tend to attract people across the board. Especially when jackpot hits a certain amount, you see lines of cars near lotto outlets.

People can get stuck on the idea of betting for a lottery, some people buy far too many tickets for a reasonable game.  However the reason its not especially addictive overall is the wait involved in the result, so you buy and must wait upto a week.
The best time to buy lottery tickets is usually on the rollover, thats the only time I'm slightly tempted when the prize goes up vs the purchase price then in theory its gets to be slightly better value.   The odds arent any better and my chances just as remote hence I dont see its addictive at all - ironically its a positive I agree.

There are many reasons for that.

People can't count. They don't understand that while they have 50% chance in a dice game and the reward is double or nothing their chance of winning a lottery is less than 0.1%. All they can see is the reward which can be 1000x their lottery ticket. It doesn't matter that the chances are low all that matters is the zeroes in that reward.

Buying a ticket is much easier than playing a casino game or betting on sports.

Not all the lottery tickets are useless and not all of them are baseless actually this is luck based I know some of them are scammers who only cheat people and sell blank. So we should only remain careful while investing in lottery so there will be earning instead of lose and then you will again trust lottery investment.

Yes it has a low chance of winning but it has the highest price of all the gambling games. The chances of winning in lottery is close to zero but its not impossible to win on it. I would choose not to bet on lottery because of the odds of winning. Maybe I can get a profit in a different way and using smaller amount of money to get it. Lottery is just pure luck so if you are destined to win then good :D.

That is why is called what is called, gambling.
You are not a gambler, that's why you would see it that way. For a gambler, the imagination is what to do with the winning and not thinking about 49% chance or lower chances to win.

Well, I'm lucky that I don't have that kind of mindset. People are just greedy and always thinking the easy way. I'm more about practical ways so I don't want to recommend this method. Being a winner on a lottery is very impossible because it has a low probability of winning and there are many people who bet on the lottery.

Just save your money to something important than betting on the lottery every day. Think about it, that money that you've invested in the lottery for how many years, imagine how much is that?

Aside from that, many ordinary persons choose to play lottery because they can spare only few bucks in this game.
They can do that without spending too much or spending too much time betting on lottery.
So the convenience is there while waiting for your luck to come.
Maybe one reason also is that even if you are not really a gambler, you can play the lottery as you don't need any skill to play it with.

Yup convenience is the biggest factor. And lotteries are also legal and way more regulated than the gambling industry as a whole. Besides that it doesn't really have the negative connotations that being associated with gambling could bring.

And not to forget about the huge time-saving lottery tickets are when say.. compared to a round of poker.

Its easy and very affordable, that's why many people are relying on this kind of gambling. I have to be honest here, and my Father always play lottery he won many times but not that much enough for him to buy another ticket for the next few days. The jackpot is very hard to win, you have to be very lucky for sure. Many people becomes addict on lottery, its a bad thing but they are still hoping for their luck one day.

To win the jackpot, you need to have big luck, and you are at the right time and the right places, so you can win the prizes. But it is only a few people who can win the jackpot, and sometimes, people who can win the jackpot don't have a passion for buying the lottery, they only think about the fun thing and spend their time with their family or friends. But after that, they can win the jackpot with a lot of money for the prize.

They say buying lottery tickets is very affordable compared to other kinds of gambling but if you know that the chances of winning is very small yet you keep on betting and losing at the same time,then maybe it's time for you to think about  it wisely.There is more security and bigger chances of winning if you invest in those potential coins than focusing on lottery alone.

Odds are way too small that you would think that even betting for a lifetime of yours doesn't ensure that you would hit it up.Imagine those amounts if being collected or saved on your bank.Even how small it is but if its saved then it will become bigger and those funds would be used on other purpose.

Well,people do have different ways on how to handle their funds so its none of our business. ;D

Lotteries often have some of the worst return to player rates in the industry, plus the amount of time between each drawing can be excrutiating, that's why most cryptocurrency users prefer to play at dice sites.

There is a reason they are so popular, and why lotteries are slowly dying out. People prefer smaller regular prizes, rather than risking small amounts to win a large prize.

What do you mean by return ? Rebates , cash back or simmilar ?  Some lottery sites or gambling sites have these so called point system or reward system where you can earn after buying lottery tickets  . on offline lotteries they also have beneficiaries and the money you spend on tickets will go on them  .

Thats one of the disadvantages for playing a lotto  . this is why its not for the people on the go  . lotto is only for patient person  . its still rewarding at the end though especially if you won .

So while making decision just look at the system either you are well aware of purchasing jackpot or not if not then better choose lottery because for this you will be able to enjoy life and spend time with your family you will not have to work hard but only being careful while buying ticket for lottery after that you can leave all on luck and leave happily.

The probability of winning from lottery is very low, but there are people who have won lottery on mathematical calculations. People who aren't with good knowledge about gambling used to try their luck through lotteries. Recently one of the biggest lottery win happened in UAE and the winning amount is $3.5+ million and the lottery ticket was bought on borrowed money.

He is too much lucky man who won millions in lottery on a borrow money. Surprising, actually he is one out of millions people, most of the people borrowed money and bought ticket but they failed and he only won.
But anyways, I am not vote for lottery, gambling games are more better than lottery, because in gambling at least we won little bit but we won, and in lottery most of the time we loss and only loss, and i see a huge people who are buying lotteries even they have no mathematical calculations how to win in lottery, they just believe on luck and in the end definitely they will lost their money.

Lotteries is for people who are busy but still want to gamble hoping it will change their future. My grandfather tried his luck on the lottery everyday for many years but he never win the jackpot. He only won once a consolation prize where he guessed 3 out of 6 numbers. As I can see on my grandfather, some people also enjoy betting on lotteries.

I agree, and it is also the reason why I  buy lottery tickets. as a free lancer that accept a lot of job offers in the internet lottery is one of my favorite
type of gambling even though the chance of winning is almost impossible. unlike other gambling it doesn't require much of attention that can take your time.

Chances of winning in the lottery is around 1 out of 14 million. Although the numbers and the chances might be considerably low, the fact that people win makes it worth trying for. Unlike in gambling wherein you actually participate in each game and bet your money in a pool, the chances of winning may be higher but you are situated in an environment wherein continuous outflow of cash may happen.

Both are considered 'gambling' but participating in the lottery makes an individual deviate from the conventional gambling that has a relatively higher chance of rendering addiction. The choice is yours!

Exactly low stakes high rewards, that's the reason why a lot of people choosing to bet in lottory than to play blackjact or casinos using skills.
Some people are trying to get huge rewards even they know the chance is very low to get win the price rewards.

According to this video in youtube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SL395jRo7RE), chances of losing is 99.9999%, so although there are winners, you are definitely like flushing your money in a toilet every time you buy a lottery ticket.

Those who win can be called as people with extreme luck but for sure they have already loss a lot of money before winning.

I agree with this. The chances of winning are very close to zero but if you win, it can change your life in an instant. This is why most of the people out there choose to gamble in lottery rather than other gambling games. Before you win in lottery, you will spend a lot first :D.

Its totally dumb if you do exchange or trying to compare investment with gambling or lottery.We know the odds on investment is much more better than with Lottery.

Therefore,i don't see a reason why people would focus nor priorities their gambling hopes than on considering to make investments instead.

I think the other reason why people choose the lottery is that they can feel excited about the game. People don't have to buy a lot of tickets if they only want to feel the fun thing because with only buy 5 tickets, I think they will be curious to wait for what ticket that will come out. Some of them will buy more ticket if they cannot win because they still want to be the winner.

You are not alone bro, I am not into lotteries because I see it as a total waste of money. It takes 1 among 10,000 players that get a lottery ticket to win and it annoying. Why would I commit my money into a game I am very much aware would not be easy to win. This is simply the reason I do not play at all. It has completed zero chance of winning. Gambling is still better, at least before trying 5 different games, one would definitely win one.

I see lottery players as excessively rich people that only need an avenue to waste money with the hope of investment. They understand it might not yield result, but they just want to do it to fulfill the obligation that they tried and most times very busy people that do not have time for gambling while believing that lottery is also a form of gambling.

They've used it as their past time trying to get some luck out from this game, if they've got lucky then surely they will experienced a big changes from their life, many people still dreaming to have that kind of luck even it will take a lifetime for them but they will continue to chase and try to win the jackpot.

It may happen in the first bet or not even once in your entire life time that is how the lottery works,in addition to the life changing rewards,adrenaline will also be the one more reason to trigger the more people to buy lottery even if they are not gamblers.

The high pays that is in lottery make many gambler to be in love with the their platform, their olds are far better than that of the bet especially that of the soccer bet. Have been involved in the national lottery but have not be able to win from my bet, but when the luck comes, the money always come in volume.

Its not a waste of money if you consider time is money and lottery allows the best return to time spent to engage the gamble.   Its the worst game for anyone who plays for entertainment because there is only really the time they read out the numbers and how long can that take to do really.
All depends on the customer and what they want, all games are valid if it is to the satisfaction of the gambler, its rare any of these games are especially practical but thats why you only spend a minor amount of your budget on such things.   

I like the government lotto where you deposit the money, maybe win something and then get the money back after some time.   Its very remote odds but literally dont lose anything.

It is not a total waste if those lottery is own by the government. In our country a percentage of our lottery's profit helps the poor people in their hospital bills. It's just a matter of preference and what type of gambling you enjoy. In the end all of them is just based on luck.


If they are rich people why would they still waste their money on lotteries? People that tries their luck on lotteries hopes it will change their future financially. They just think that they'll just lose more if they use it on a casino or playing on some gambling websites.

Getting lucky is once in a lifetime chances when you are playing this kind of gambling, lottery can change a life so whoever wanted to try their luck this place is the very first thing that will comes to their minds, lottery is for people who will continue trying finding  their luck and keeps moving in if there's a chance to grab their opportunities to catch up the right combinations.

I just do not get it that how it is sensible to invest in a lottery system where the chances of wining is 1 out of 14 million  :o 
You need to be that much lucky to be able win a lottery and remaining around 13 million+ people will lose and will not win anything. I think it is much better to play gamble then to invest in lottery.

Every other gambling can actually change the live of a player in seconds if lucky to win big, I just feel people choose lottery over other gambling because they understand that it has very low chances of winning, so no emotion attached when playing and also, it is very cheap and affordable to play. It’s easier to throw 1 dollar in an investment with the expectation that it could increase to 1 million dollar in 20 years than putting $10000 with the same expectation.

I play lotteries and most times I get the tickets and the reason is not far from this, because it’s cheap, I don’t consider it a waste and it’s something I can easily use my spare money to get.

That is right, the lottery is a gambling games base on luck, and we cannot easy to win the game if we don't have luck. The luck itself will not come in anytime to every gambler, but the luck will come in the right person. The lottery can make gamblers become greed because they will spend more money to buy the tickets so their chance to win the prizes will bigger.

Though there's a very low chance to win in lottery many people still prefer it because of the high profit if ever you hit the jackpot.

Plus the amount you spend for buying a ticket is low its a good thing for ordinary people because they can afford it.

Well we have different preference when it comes to gambling so we have our own reason why we chose the game even its impossible to win.

I actually quit Lottery some time ago because it's almost impossible to win, how can one person choose 5 numbers between 1-90 and expect to get it right, its almost impossible, thats why i switched to soccer betting because with that at least there are some trends if you look closely.

To win the lottery will need luck, without luck, you will only lose your money in anytime. But I think there are one or more people who can win the lottery by buying one ticket only and that is because they have great luck at that moment so they can win the jackpot. They cannot get another winning in the other days because the luck will not come to them again.

Playing soccer betting will give a bigger chance to win because you can choose the right teams if you have much information about each team. And I think that sports betting will have potential to win than in the lottery.

Its more on luck. I have an aunt who regularly gamble in lottery and her way to chose a number is from her lucky numbers for the day that she got from her daily horoscope reading.

It sounds funny but she never lose hope that she might win. Well her family is well-off so I think its not a problem if she spend few dollars often.

The same thing happened in my country in the past when gambling was still legal. The money generated from the lottery is usually used for useful things, especially in sports. At that time, the sporting achievements in my country looked quite good compared to now.

Btw, the lottery can be very attractive to people because they only sacrifice a little money for a prize that is fantastic even though in reality, the lottery can just s*ck up someone's wealth if they keep trying to get it from time to time.

Buying a lottery ticket is WAY easier than say, stocks. It's convenient and don't really cost much and if you do get lucky, the returns are huge. That's why if people have some spare change, they'd use that for the tickets.

For me only reason to encourage people to play this over other forms of gambling is (depending on the country) portions of the income usually go to charity. In our country for example it often goes to healthcare. I've had some relatives get hospitalized and the money from the sweepstakes plus the government insurance meant they only paid a small amount.

With private casinos they only remit a small amount of the earnings for taxes. So on a personal level, yes people likely would never win the lottery despite playing regularly for life but at the same time, it benefits society more than other gambling. Every now and then I'd buy a ticket and knowing that, has never felt guilty or cheated.

What she does is something similar to the belief of superstitious act with gambling. Lottery is completely of luck, and this happens with an user in a single day or it could happen after long years of continued practice. Everyone cannot win, but this gives hope and very few spend big into lotteries while majority spend a small amount regularly without any impact being felt on the living because of that small spending.

I do not think that gamblers have a small chance in lotttery, you right who dare to spend their biggest capital who will have a greater chance of winning. that's what make some big players love, because they have the chance to eat the little fish that play in that game

Maybe some gamblers use the biggest capital in the lottery but don't forget that the lottery owner will not allow them to buy many tickets. The lottery owner knows that if they don't limit the amount of the ticket that can be purchased by each person, the jackpot will easily to be hit by people who have the biggest capital. So that makes gamblers could only buy some amount of the ticket and hope that their ticket will be the winner. The chance for this will not be bigger depends on how much their ticket and the only person who have lucky will hit the jackpot.

Yeah I remember when the lottery in our country was still a legal gambling game provided by the government. I was a kid at that time but I know it since my father and many neighbors always participate on that lottery. Basically lottery is a fun and attractive game except the one which are popping up in this gambling industry in the last few years. Lottery which is just like a raffle is not attractive enough for most people because the prize depends on how many tickets are sold. I really miss the lottery from jackpotracer (dustlottery) where player could win huge amount of money with so small bets and the prize was not affected by how many players are participating as the lottery is like player against the house while most current lottery is player vs player.

Lottery is one of those games where you are likely never to experience a win, of course the jackpot can be huge but that is because of the super small odds.  Even if a lot of gamblers lose money overall they get a good feeling when they at least win something every now and then.

I think the thoughts of people are different, some are quick to respond and some are not. The characteristics of successful people can differentiate between those who are profitable and those who are just having fun or not being profitable. playing lottery is fun but it's not profitable, but playing stock is very useful if you know the price of circulation in the market.

I've never heard of people who play the lottery over anything else, though I guess some people get obsessed with it and gamble with blinders on, being insistent and forgetting about anything else.
I know more gamblers who avoid the lottery because it's all low odds and no real skill.
Most of the people I know who do lotteries just do it with pocket change for a while until they decide on a better game. Even slots are better than a lottery.

Lottery will affect the people more than the jackpot because the chances of winning from lottery is almost impossible so people have to keep trying and trying throughout their life time but still it may or maynot happen once and for someone who is extremely lucly it could change their entire life time in one day but the ratio of lost people with the one is really extreme edge so we could not expect to win in a lottery.

The temptation is really high to those bettors who wanted to win that huge jackpot. It's a life-changer opportunities when such gambler hits the right
numbers and win that large amount of money. But you are correct, the ratio between the lucky winners against those  people who keep trying to find
their luck are really slim. This venue of gambling have  very small chance, but due to the numbers of believers that they can hit it up, there's still participants who wanted to keep playing till they find that luck.

Well, that depends on the lottery company that already trusted and we know that they had a provably fair when it comes from having a draw. Most likely in gambling online lottery, I did not see provably fair on it and sometimes I had a doubt of manipulation in picking random numbers in every result. Indeed, I prefer to use dice or much better sports betting matches because I know that it is clearly having provably fair rather than on online lottery.

The odds to win in gambling is close to zero but the fact that the jackpot is very huge attracts most of the gamblers to continue to gamble in lottery. I don't gamble in lottery to be honest not because of financial problem but I know that I cannot win in lottery. That is how I think in lottery :D.

Not everyone thinks that way, it's just sad that those poor people are the ones who usually bet in lottery in real life.

That simply tells that most gamblers are not educated with their real chances of winning, they just look more on the reward compared to their chance of winning. In my life, I have made some bets on lottery like a 6 digit combination but there was never a time that I even hit at least 3 numbers of the 6, that's how unlucky I am, so every time I play, I feel like I'm just wasting my money.

I have actually seen a lot of them. There are people who choose lottery over family, career and gambling is definitely the least of them. Those who choose lottery over these things are optimistic about the future of winning and lottery being cheaper makes it quite easier for them to do.

I recently met a man that buys ticket on his way from work. In his words, he’s been doing that for a couple of years and yet never won. His wife is not in support of this but he is still doing that believing a day would come that he will surprise her by winning big. This is a clear example of a man that have chosen lottery over family and career.

For me it's like choosing long term and short term. Wherein that's why sometimes there are some ppl prefered to bet in some lottery because of the high possibility to obtain quick money in a short time. yes we can say the risk were the same and activities but you know its very quick to earn than other betting options.

For me both are good if you want you can buy long term and if you want you can join short term but I think the best one is long term lottery. People wins huge amount of money in lottery but it’s all about luck according to me only lucky people could win in lottery. I have seen people winning even twenty times in lottery.

Indeed, there is a limit total of lottery tickets available, but I think there is no limit to someone buying a lottery ticket? or let say if there are limits per account to buy lottery ticket, one gambler can create multiple accounts to get more lottery tickets. that's the advantage if you have a lot of capital in the lottery game.

If the jackpotracer lottery prize did not depend on how many players are participating, how then did the house make money and pay huge amounts to small bettors? I guess they intended to make money and pay small bettors with money from large bettors

Isn't it possible that the gambling company closed business because this model you described wasn't sustainable for it?

How can you say there is high possibility for someone to win lottery in long term.

I personally knows someone who keep doing the same thing everyday and never win anything in five years.

Because the simplicity of gambling is indeed in Lottery..

—You can just bet and forget it until the draw happens

—cheaper amount of betting (you can choose of how many combination)

—and no pressure after betting not like other gambling that you need to feel the pressure every bet

Depends on the player,for me the pressure will be high while doing lotteries because the draw may take hours or days until that we will have that adrenaline and fear of losing the money just for nothing.

Advantages of Lottery for everyone;

• Cheap
• Many outlets nationwide

Most of the people are trying their luck in the lottery since it's very cheap and have a high prize pool. The lottery is also for a good cause, sometimes it is for the charity or any program that supports individuals and society.

Example, if you've wanted to budget your money but at the same time you wanted to spend a little on gambling, then a lottery is a solution. It may be hard to win but at least you're financially stable because of that.

The prize was also big, if you're the lucky one then it will literally change your whole life. Through that money, you'll live in luxurious life and will use that money to make a business that will prolong your wealth. Nowadays, you can find a lot of outlets nationwide, even here in my country, every street has a lottery so we don't need to go far just to bet. There are also some online lottery if you're tired from work, you can bet also there.

And the last one is, a lottery is open 24/7, I mean it's being done every day so you've more chances to win if you bet everyday.

The only disadvantage of this is, you'll spent money every day. What if that money that you've spent in a lottery for how many years was being saved in the bank? Maybe you're a millionaire now.

Main question to be answered by your own self before making any gambling or betting.If you do realize that you should make a savings in spite of gambling then you'll know on the thing that you should gonna do.We do have same situation where lottery on my country is somewhat rampant or really open for anyone hence tickets arent really that expensive for you not to buy even if you are just an average job earner you can really able to pay with it and crossed fingers to hit up the jackpot and can really change your entire life instantly.
Most other dont think about overall money that they had spent at least they know that they have the chance on hitting up those numbers.

I don't know what you're talking about but lottery has the lowest possible chance of winning among the categories of gambling. Some even say that the possibility of you being hit by a lightning is higher than winning in the lottery. People are just attracted to it since it has a high price pot.

It's odd to know that someone gets too stressed with the pressure when betting only in a lottery as if you have to buy all of the tickets that would make you spend a lot of money. A lottery is not that stressing IMO since you were just buying the ticket and it's just affordable to buy unlike betting live sports where you stake more money for your favorite team and that would be the pressure starts to build up once the game started.

I don’t see anything that is tempting there. I only see lazy people that do not have any other hope of making money rather than believing in an impossible mission. Ever seen anyone you know personally that won a huge jackpot?? Definitely No. We only read that in the news and i believe it’s made to believe.

Well in my opinion, the main reason some people choose lottery over gambling is because that is what they are able to afford and as well they believe it’s a way to hit huge jackpot which is all lies. Well, I hope lottery players will one day wake up to realize how much money they have wasted and reasons to stop playing before it’s too late.

With the believe that you will win some days is to confirm that you will continue to lose your money in playing gambling just forget about feeling lucky mood and don't deceive yourself after knowing fully well that you are going to lose your gamble.

I think every gambler will have that believes. They will say to themselves that in the other days, they can win the game and got some money from gambling. But only a few of them that will realize that it is not possible to get the win in the gambling with easy because they will compete with the other gambler which has the same win as them. As long as they realize that they can lose their money in the next game, I thought they could prevent that loss and will not come back to gambling again. But that is hard for them to avoid the gambling games.

Addicted is something that can happen to a lot of people. Unfortunately, it is happen to my father. Like what people said, actually what people win in lottery is almost same with what they spend to buy it everyday. But not for who already addicted, when win, it means win and they get money from it and resist if they already spend a lot of money before win it.

And there are a lot of such people. Apart from Jackpot, there many other(smaller) prizes which have been regularly won by thousands and thousands of lottery participants. Look at the prize distribution in the Powerball lottery, for example:

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Around 12 million tickets are sold for each Powerball drawing on average. So, probably, around a thousand people win $100 in each draw, and many more people win smaller prizes, like $4 and $7. That's why lottery is so popular. If players were awarded only for hitting the jackpot, the game would be abandoned long time ago.

I think the phrase 'invest what you afford to lose' is really on the lottery, why? Because of *most of the people on playing on the lottery are not that really into it, as OP said, statistically proven that the winning chances are really small.
So for me, most of the people playing on the lottery are just for fun and yeah by lucky only, that's why if you are really lucky and blessed, and boom, instant easy money!

Additional with this, there is also some lottery that causes corruptions, that's why there is some government that hates the lottery even they do charity.

Low stake and high rewards, also the lottery here help the needy. At some other point you feel like you are helping someone while at the same time betting, hoping to win the pot. They do really give  help, especially the people who needs medical assistance, financially speaking they give higher than you expect. Another thing  is that it is easy for the older folks, they even don't have gadgets for online gambling and the likes.

Lottery is a voluntary tax in most countries thats the most accurate description, that might be the biggest reason why they are so widespread.   Its seen as very low scale gambling, quite limited and yet gains alot of exposure from the high amounts and wider participation.   In many ways, its the perfect gamble as your money is used by government, possibly there is some charity element and you get dream of a larger prize with only a limited ticket price to take part.
   People choose partly because of availability and society accepts the low scale gambling element, thats a large part.  Wheres other gambling is not always in view, available or considered by possible participants.

I know of at least one lottery type offer where you deposit the money and receive back all of the principle when you request, the odds of winning are more remote but cannot lose in that sense really.

I barely or didn't even see that kind of lottery which do give out the money after a losing bet.Can you point out which place does have this kind of system? If it does exist then the risk of losing money isn't their but this isn't really that beneficial on the country where its held or most likely this is just a private lottery.On my country, lottery is very rampant nor legally accepted yet it do tagged up with Charity works and the tickets aren't really that costly which as a citizen hoping for life changing jackpots you would really be tempted to bet out with those cheap tickets.It isn't really a bad thing as long you do know how to handle yourself on purchasing tickets without compromising your financial status.

I am sorry to hear that. I wish your father can cure his addicting in gambling. If people can win the jackpot, I think that is not the same as what they spend because the amount of money will be bigger than the money they used to buy the ticket. But if they can only win some money, and they calculate the average of the money that has been used is almost the same, then I think that they recover their money back. But I don't think that they can recover their money in gambling games.

Thanks, as long he not spend all his money in lottery i think still ok. But actually it is funny too, when people in lottery win, they think they get a lot of money and not count how much he spend. Maybe this is happened to a lot of people out there too. When they win in lottery, they will spend their money to buy something or make party or anything like that.  ;D

Great example of this is what the Philippine President did couple of weeks ago when he decide to force a full stop operation for all Lottery outlets in the whole country because of rampant corruption (though the operation turns open again after some revamping in the institution)

It is rightful that charity is the one of priority by this Lottery but this is also one way that corruption stablished..

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About the topic?i play lottery for chance of winning but I don’t take it seriously instead I only use my spare money to purchase tickets

Doesnt have connection.? Then what you do call this about the corruption of Officials of Sweepstakes?
https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2019/08/02/1939964/duterte-ready-name-10-corrupt-pcso-execs
https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/07/29/19/doj-orders-probe-into-alleged-corruption-at-pcso

It's always a matter of chance getting those probabilities of winning lottery, and with respect to corruptions we can't stop that due to confidentiality. Those people getting involved with lottery business connected with government, must introduce a strict rules behind their system in order to minimize certain corruptions.

Yes, they never think about that because they now have much money to buy anything they want. But that will be different if they spend their money to buy the ticket and unfortunately, they cannot be the winner. They will spend more money to buy another ticket on the other day just to expect they can win in the next time. Besides that, you should control or manage your money in any gambling games if you don't want to lose the money in one-time plays.

Help the needy?? Who are these "needy" people? I'm sorry but in our country, lotteries are considered corrupt that is why I don't see lotteries helping other people. Maybe a percentage of their monthly revenue will go to charity but most of it will go to their pockets. In some countries, lotteries that is owned by the government are transparent and very helpful but not in ours :(.

Wow those changes are low to get a good hit.

But you are right on the smaller prizes. When people at least win something, they keep playing. Same here with a big lottery in Holland. You got 40% there to win something so people keep playing.

To be honest, in a lottery online gambling platforms are I always doubting. Because I didn't see how they draw the result and what provably fair they have. The first thing that comes up in my mind is probably they will monitor the result and nobody hit the jackpot until they run and claiming of failure company. I tried how many times and bought tickets in our local lottery gambling but I never win even once, how much more in online gambling.

I still prefer on dice game and poker game rather than lottery gambling which ain't know how many chances of winning we had. Maybe 0.5%  :D

I think we can see the result in the offline lottery directly because, in that game, we can know how people will withdraw the prizes. It is always fun if we are playing the lottery in the real-life because we can have fun with our friends and we can buy the ticket and hold the ticket to see which number that will be out.

In the online lottery, I think the result will be fair too, as in the local lottery because the gambling site doesn't want to get a bad reputation. They will make their members satisfied with the service, and maybe they will give another bonus to them.

I think the lottery games are for having fun with other friends and we can spend the free time that we have with them. But yes, I prefer to play a dice game in my room, and I don't want the others to know that.

yes . on our place . the draws can be seen live on t.v or heard on the radio every single day but i dont know if this was also possible to online lottery

thats confedential . you wont see people withdrawing or claiming thier prizes because that is too risky especially if the won amount is big  .

lottery games are ok but some just dont like to play with it rather they chose other types of gambling  .

You can apply anything that you love but trust me in lottery people use to win allot I am also like them I bought ticket long ago and now i am winning it. But in lottery there are allot id people are earning from it. I wish  have the same luck again and have money more than anything else. I am planning to buy more lottery this year.

Like you, I live in a country where hardly anything from the numerous lotteries goes to charity. I have stopped buying those "national" lottery tickets once I realized that, and it's been a while actually.

But, as you said, in some countries, the proceeds from ticket sales go to funds that support the environment, public health and education, and to many other good projects, some of which, for instance, providing programs to help recovering gambling addicts. If you are buying a lottery ticket in such a country, you are basically in a win-win situation, you are either winning a prize or doing a good thing.

If you gamble in the lottery, then make sure you gamble on gambling sites that are truly trusted with real provably fair and 100% paying. because sometimes we don't know how the site determines the winner of the player, right? moreover the chance to win in the lottery is not determined by luck but from the capital you have.

The lottery takes a lot of time before knowing you lose why chose different games that you can win that depends on the stakes, I like the dice game more, and according to Wonderpolis "In a lottery in which you pick 6 numbers from a possible pool of 49 numbers, your chances of winning the jackpot (correctly choosing all 6 numbers drawn) are 1 in 13,983,816. That's 1 shot in almost 14 million." in real life and in online I think the chances are a little bit higher.

Also to be surer, you may read on testimonials about that gambling site that you want to participate in. It's just one google away. Not all gambling sites who claimed they're 100% provably fair are indeed provably fair. Yes, we may not be sure of how those sites come out with such results, so reading on other people's experience is the best way to know.

I doubt that gambling is not done with skills. The people who have taken gambling as profession to earn money and feed their families must have been doing gambling and succeeding because they have involved some level of expertise to be succeeding .

It is all your choice if you think that you should choose gambling with other games you can be good gambler but lottery is also good way to make money but in lottery it’s all about luck while in gambling its 50 percent in your luck. So if you ever find good website to buy lottery you should not lose the chance to buy.

But those are only few compare to all of us here,and we have been in this forum everyday posting in gambling constantly or even in other section but we cannot even seen someone posting admitting to be a professional gambler or feeding he’s family from earning in this gaming became the truth is they are once in a million maybe..that’s why also people tend to bet on Lottery since desperation to win in gambling is really indeed

Yes, I believe in you because I have a bad experience in the lottery in the past. I am playing many times in offline lottery games, but that doesn't give me any chance to win. But then I realize that the house will always win and it is very difficult for us to be the winner even if we used so much money unless we have big luck.

If I am playing offline lottery games again, I consider that it is only to kill my time, and I can enjoy the game although I know that the lottery games are only for the entertainment. But I see that some people can make money from the lottery and even they can get a big prize from the house because the lottery games will be the easiest gambling games that people can play.

The thing is that in roulette max you can win is 35x, and it's 9900x in dice and crash, while with lottery you can win million times of your invested amount. That's why it is so popular. If you enjoy the very process of gambling than lottery is hardly the best choice for you because there is almost no process. But if you don't want to spend much of your time on it but still have a chance of winning big, than there is nothing better than lottery in this regard.

To be honest, I invested a lot on lottery, imagine putting a bet for last 5 years and the closet I get was winning 4/5 digits, not a good investment.

And I'm thinking if I just play on other games with the money I put in lottery, I could have make thousands of dollars already. That's why I totally stop betting on it already, I guess I'm exhausted and accept my faith that I can't win.

The thing with lottery is it is a replay traditional thing and hence many gets the addiction towards lottery due to genetics and inheritance. I would agree that based on math, chances of winning a lottery is astronomically low. But since lottery doesn't carry the same stigma as gambling (I maybe wrong here), that's why people get attracted towards it.

What do you mean by carrying the own stigma as gambling?

I don't know what do you mean but lottery is gambling, right?

The winning chance is low, yet the price pot in there is so high. I think that is also the reason why people are wanting to buy lottery tickets hoping they could get that huge amount of price despite the low chance of winning.

It is really a life changing gambling game but the chances of it to win is very very close to zero :D.

I don't see any reason why people choose lottery than any games but the one that I know is that it doesn't really need any skills in order to win on it. Its just pure luck only.

For me, lottery is not that very addictive and the grand prize is very huge if only one person got the lucky numbers. But I only do it whenever the grand lotto has already accumulated at least $20m because no one has won the past draw. I will also prefer lottery than the classic gambling because in casinos, the bigger you bet then the larger your winnings you could get but in lottery, even the small bets from average people has the same chance as everyone.

I have got some friends who are very interested to try their luck by purchasing lottery tickets. They not only buy online lotteries but also offline lotteries too. Its really interesting to see their temptation during draw date. Hopefully they are slightly addicted in this matter or want to be millionaire with one lucky chance :D.
 
Still there is some differences between gambling and lottery. Specially on sports betting professional gamblers use previous data and research a lot before placing their bet which increase the chances of win undoubtedly. You can't do something like this for lottery IMO. Gambler depends on previous data, prediction or possibilities but winning lottery completely depends on luck. 

I am not sure about that because the lottery can be addictive for some people who cannot control themselves because they are curious about the prizes. Yes, sometimes people are waiting for the prize accumulated to the bigger prizes, so they don't have to wait for a long time to see the result comes out.

But the chance to win the prize will be the same as the other gambling games which need the luck to win. We could only expect and hope that we can be the winner, but the luck will not always come to us. Sometimes, the small bets can be the winner because the luck can come to any people who deserve the money.

In the lottery itself, people who are not thinking about the prize usually have a bigger chance to win the prizes.

Its not about luck completely, because the chance of a win in lottery will be affected by the number of tickets you buy, it means that the amount of money you have will affect your chance of winning in the lottery. so the lottery isn't just about luck, the small players in the lottery will only donate prizes to big players, that's what I see. so I like to play other gambling games than play in lottery

Don't invest a lot in it at once, because this is a wrong approach to lottery. Just buy one ticket from time to time, and maybe, in the case of extreme luck, you will win big. Buying more tickets in order to increase your chances of winning is a mistake some people do, because with a thousand tickets bought, your chance of winning is still less than 0.01%, which is extremely small.

You don't have to put a lot to wager in lottery but you can get the highest pay once you win. Its not that easy to win, matter of fact I haven't won anything from lottery myself.  The only reason I would probably play lottery is if the casino allows you to pick a lottery ticket for every bet you do in their casino. Its like playing Slot machine in EOSBET.io which gives anyone a chance to win $10K for every dice roll you make.

Because when you bet in lottery, there is no addiction and  a lot of stress to be involved. The chances may be slim to be able to hit the lucky numbers but at least you are not going to lose or sell everything that you have unlike what happens when you have gambling problems in traditional casinos. I also believe that if a huge money is meant to be yours then you will receive it.

Oh I believe there are a lot of people who are getting addicted in lottery, just in a different way than the casino addiction.

For example in a casino, you might lose a few games and then decide to keep playing until you lose everything or get back what you lost... that's an addiction.
In lottery you keep playing for years, losing a few money constantly.

The results might be the same in the end... though your chances of wining in casino can be higher if you play a game which includes skills.

I think I know the reason.

In our country, it is because of the people being persistent.

I don't know their basis but all I know is that they want to bet their numbers, maybe it is a number symbolizing the birthday of their child, partner maybe sibling, and they keep that for days. Miraculously, some won consolations like winning 2 numbers out of 3 and some won the main prize. That is the reason, I think they are addicted.

Looks like you are joking, but, actually, losing all one's money is not a joke. As I said, your chances of winning still going to be extremely small, so it's a question of losing $2 or losing $2,000 instead. You will forget about losing $2 in an hour, but you will be remembering losing $2k for many years, regretting the decision you made. Now, what kind of life would you choose, the one filled with regret or the one filled with hope with any new ticket bought?

It's like some kind of gambling. And obviously people like to buy lottery ticket in order to test their luck at the same time. If luck favor like playing cards and if it's your day then there high chance of winning the lottery. And if you get this one then I am sure your luck will turn. All the best!

Unfortunately, the odds that you'd get struck by lightning twice is higher than wining a lottery though. We've seen people claim they win of course, its one in a million chance and they sure are the luckiest in the world. But see how much people had spent $2-20 a day for the tickets all their lives being persistent and all that had happen is nothing. IF they kept those $20 a day, they might have substantial amount to leave for their kids.  Knowing the odds is important before gambling.

Surely people wants to know how much they can gain from their luck using lottery. In other investments you can  earn with your skills but buying lottery is all about your luck the more you will be lucky so the more you will win. It really make us rich faster as at the single moment you will have huge amount so I like to try my luck.

People will only think about the fun things to buy the lottery because they can use some money to buy the lottery, which is not too expensive for them. They hope that with spend some money to buy, for example, 20 tickets at the same time, they will have the opportunity to hit the jackpots. But that will not be easy as they think because they need to have luck. And if all of their tickets cannot hit the jackpot, I am sure that they will buy another ticket on that day or the next day. People like to buy the lottery, especially in the offline lottery places because people hope that in someday, they can win the jackpot.

You're saying it as it will happen eventually and that easily. I knew a lot of people and they are using their money to buy lottery tickets for years and all they can get is those runner-up prizes, and that is the reason they are more addicted since they think they are close, but they are not actually. I'd rather bet on sports I watch rather than on lotteries. Tax is also the worst in these games, beware of that.

That intensity that you are thinking that you almost have it will keep you coming back and keep on trying to pursue hoping that one day you'll be hitting the grand prize. More and more people are getting addicted as they simply not going to stop looking for the perfect combination to have the winning numbers. It's no stopping till luck comes up and be a millionaire in an instant.

The only reason I can see is the amount of money one can win in lottery compared to other gambling games. Lottery has lesser chance of winning and it gives a higher reward. People will grab this chance to win a huge amount of money. But I honestly think that this gambling game shouldn't be taken seriously because there's nothing fun about it. People play iy for the money and not for fun.

Lottery where you can see the total pot and the win chance of each users (like lotto at crypto-games.net) allows you to estimate how many tickets have been bought and what are the chances of winning the lotto of each users. This becomes more controlled form of gambling. This also allows user to snipe the lotto (buy as much as tokens possible right before the lotto ends so others don't get to increase their win chances) and easily win the prize pool. Its a little risky, but totally worth taking the shot specially if the prize pool is high (like after the monthly wagering contest at crypto-games).

I guess a lot of people are replying without even checking the video in the OP!
Just check it out guys, it's really worth it! ;D

Can you please brief the video contents. I watched it, and they aren't providing the information precise. It goes something like a fun video getting related to the lottery System. He explained about the possibilities of getting win, as well as about the tricks that were followed while picking up a lottery.

Then why don't people just donate for a cause instead of having a group of people do the thing, with that they can be sure that the money are being spent on people who really need it. And besides only few lotteries are making this charities come true, some of them are just using it to get another source of income for their own good.

And that's the reason why I can't trust Online Gambling Casinos for running such kind of event.

You got the point.Just like for example on stake.com charity works https://forum.stake.com/topic/25247-choose-a-charity-poll-15/
I'm aint saying they are not trustable but at least they are giving out something on the community.

For people who do tend to donate into a charity then its better to do it directly without any headaches or do need to play up if you are really serious in donating.

I heard that already but I haven't got any news about their Charity works, I don't want to accuse them with such thing for they have already been running for so long, though if they mind to share what have they've already than with their Charity Feature.

It is really such a pain for those who're using the word Charity as an interface for their  projects. I just hope that they would just share their works about charity instead of explaining to everyone that some of their money is being sent / spent to Charity.

Well, we don't know on what actually their motives inside but letting the public know will somewhat give out some exposure and might able to get some sentiments from the public.

We know that there are people that do get easily amazed when they do saw that a certain company do have the consideration on donating or do charitable works and ending up on playing up to their site because of that. Minimal possibilities but its there.

To me the idea of a lottery is you pick some numbers and their is nothing skillful about it
By the definition- a means of raising money by selling numbered tickets and giving prizes to the holders of numbers drawn at random.
There is not a good chance to win the lotteries which is how come in some countries you can win 100$ million for the lottery.

Playing lottery isn't that much fun. I like to win sometimes when I gamble so with poker you win sometimes a hand or a fit and go. With dice you get some green rolls. With lottery you can play months without winning anything so it would make me upset to play it.

I personally didn't like lottery since the chances of getting the numbers are very low although i keep playing it in lottery betting stations hoping to win millions out of it. but i never betting in online lottery since it was fast and the chances are really low than the actual lottery and i can make hit 1250x in plinko before i can win in lottery and it's very frustrating and infuriating that my deposits getting zeroed all the time so, i stopped playing lottery that game is a scam where all gamblers fall for it due to the huge prize but lowest chance of winning.

In those games you win time to time gamble but I’m case of lottery you will have to wait so long to get your luck checked. In gambling out earning is all based on luck we will have wait for it. When you play other games it’s by hand profit taking and in lottery there is long term waiting but at the end ir gives huge profit which will heal the pain of long waiting.

Absolutely. Normally, the chance of winning one of the main lottery prizes are between 1 in 14 million and 1 in 5 million, and it is 1 in 292,201,338 for Powerball jackpot. You are much more likely to become a movie star(1.5 million to 1) than win the lottery. You should always keep this in mind when buying a ticket, and you should never buy more tickets to increase your chances. Your chances would increase only if you bought millions of them spending millions of $$(the stupidest thing imaginable), but even then your win wouldn't be guaranteed.

I suggest to buy not more than one ticket per month. This way you won't spend a lot of money on it, but, at the same time, you can hope to win. As they say, you will never win the lottery if you don't buy a ticket.

But I bet people will like to play on the lottery, and I think they have a big hope that in someday, they can win the jackpot. That makes them to always buy the tickets, maybe every day or every week. With some money, they can enjoy the lottery, and I think they know that the lottery was a gambling game based on luck. People will only play poker if they know the game, and if that person doesn't know anything about poker, then he will not play.

Easy money as other people would say it, but not really. Despite the 2 reasons that you said, another thing is that they are being entertained with it. For example, in my coubtry PCSO are the one holding this lottery and a lot of people in my place buys lottery ticket because they have a number in mind for example a birthday or something that they've dreamt of, it is weird but it is true.

But most people don't know when their luck will come in gambling, and that makes them play again. The lottery will be the easiest game that people can play, and it is no need any skills or knowledge to play. All people can do is to pick the number that suggested and try to get the number so they can win the money. Some people can think that is it too difficult and some others will say that it is not worth to spend their time in the lottery games. That will depend on how we can use the lottery as exciting games.

As long as they buy just one ticket for ₱10.00 (0.19 USD), I think they are doing nothing wrong. Anyone can afford losing $0.19, and if you don't buy more tickets and do it only once per week or so, you should be okay.

I'm not saying that the method you described can improve one's chances of winning in any way, but if someone finds it entertaining, why not to try? After all, nothing can give you more hope, financially wise, than a lottery ticket in your pocket.

And to add also, playing lottery doesn't need much of your time and effort.
Once you put your bet or buy the lottery ticket, you just need to wait for the lottery draw and check if your numbers are mentioned.
Unlike dice, you have to watch your game at least, even if it is in auto mode.
So even ordinary players can be hooked in lottery games because you need only a certain amount to be part of it.

Although the chance to win is very little, people still come to buy the ticket. People think that with some money, let say $20, and they can buy a lot of tickets which is one ticket can be the winner. They always come back to the lottery place to buy the ticket every day or every week. People come and go in the lottery game, and there will be new people who will come to and buy the tickets.

With the big prize of the jackpot, it surely attracts more people to come and buy the ticket. They know that only one person who can win the jackpot but they still buy the ticket no matter if the game is purely base on the luck.

I have not seen any thing entertaining in buying lottery but as you said there are people who enjoys trying their luck in buying lottery. It all game of luck you can win it and you can make money so winning with 0.19 will surely push you to invest and buy again some become addicted but for me its all game of luck to win in lottery.

Well Lottery is really not for fun actually that’s the most boring Game in gambling history because you don’t have to do anything aside from choosing your combinations

But this is the most celebrated Winnings of all time as well because this is the largest.biggest and huge winning amount on all the gambling games and people who wins this really changed their life forever

Correct, if you win big, it could be a life changer.

I gamble just for fun so i prefer poker or dice where I have the fun directly instead of buying tickets and wait wait wait wait. Way too boring.  8)

Actually lottery jackpots can be split between those lucky people who manage to pick the winning combinations, that huge amount of winnings always attractive for many people who are hoping for an instant richness, more and more people will continue to look for the lucky combinations that will change their lives forever.

Funny but what you’ve said is true.Lottery turns to be the majority of bettors as superhero or someone that can save them from the cruelty of life,that their misery will vanish if they win the jackpot

Imagine how big the amount of winnings?money that only once in a billion people can have

Actually my grandparents and my parents are still buying lottery tickets not because they wanna be millionaires in their old times but they used to do that for a long time now

There are lot many people who are used to it. They don't bother about winning, but they regularly spend on lottery. Recently one such incident took place in my state where six friends working in a Jewel Shop used to buy lottery sharing money. On a special occasion they bought the special ticket by the same way of sharing. This got them the jackpot of $1700000. This was shared between them after the tax is being collected by the government.

Less bet amount and huge rewards attract people towards lottery than other gambling games but also the winning part in lottery is highly not possible but we can win on any other games we bet atleast few times.When people get the intentions to make lot of money by overnight they will pick lottery is the game to play.

AFAIK many countries were banned lotteries particularly due to lot of scam.

Indeed, the lottery ticket is cheap that anyone can afford to buy especially the less fortunate people thats why even the chances to win is slim many are still trying their luck because if you win your life will definitely change.

But the reality is it may never happen to 99.999% people who were trying lottery even for their entire life time.But the lottery owners can keep making in millions even after their paid huge rewards to the winners.

Some have recommended playing lottery in this way but not exactly as you recommend.
You could agree with your friends, family or both, to play together and share the win. This will probably increase the chances of winning in your "team" and reduce the amount of money each individual has to pay for thesame increased chances

this is also the strategy that our neighbor used . they are the ones that mainly plays a lottery and they are the ones that reach out on us and present this kind of strategy where we combine our money and bet different numbers and we share on the prize pool that we won   .

 basically its only a small town lottery and not the usual big lottery with 7 to 6 numbers but those small time lottery are winnable more often than the traditional one  .

I don't understand, why would they even think that it would be that easy. The government will not just hand those millions to that person without taking a percentage of it. If you will be watching the video in the OP, you will be realizing that it is not that easy. Either take a big bite out of that cheese or give it to you pieces by pieces and complete it in time.

I have never played the lottery and do not know how the game actually works. But I wonder why there are still many people who are interested even though they already know that the chances of winning are very low. Even though we pay a little money to play but the owner will still get profit from the money that comes in.

Not only the government, but also the company that gives the lottery money will withhold some amount if you want instant payment of 100% of the winnings.... In the faaaaaar chance of 0.001% of winning that is!
The usual way of distributing winnings a slow repeating payment apparently.

There is a chance of getting richer within a short period of time if you win the lottery. But there is less chances to win. And there a few people win this lottery if the luck favor.

People choose to play the lottery for one reason, it`s cheap and with that little amount you can win huge money. What is a dollar? Even in the undeveloped country most of the people can afford to throw away dollar or two weekly and to have some chances to win huge money.
I don`t play the lottery, maybe in my life, I hade just a few tickets, and of course, I didn`t win anything. I like other gambling games much more, the ones where I`m an active player, where I think about strategies and bets.

Well even if you are right then just tell me why the system is increasing the promotion of buying and selling lottery all around the world. People wins huge amount at single lottery it’s about the safety id money. Gambling is also profitable but in gambling you applies your skills and your abilities to gamble but in lottery you only will buy and wait so it’s relaxing I guess.

The thing with lottery is, even if the odds are almost impossible for you to win, the amount that you'll need to place a bet is very minimal. That's what makes it appealing. Regular pay workers cam dream of becoming a millionnaire with a small amount. And even if chances are extremely low, you still get an equal chance as other people. I also haven't heard of anyone who's gotten addicted to lottery.

Lottery is a game of chance and can be played independently, so you don't need to bet using strategy. The situation is based on lucky pick, and whether you choose your combinations you can't have the 100% assurance unless you're lucky enough to have the winning probability.

That's right, people can afford to bet for a dollar or two and win big without hastle. But I guess it's more fun to play dice and roulette than betting on a boring lottery.

Playing the lottery is a waste of money and time, people can say that the lottery ticket has a low price, and that's true, but the problem is the chances of winning and because there are few chances of winning people constantly. They are buying the tickets in the hope that they will one day win. I do not advise people to play something that has no strategy, something that should only be based on luck.

This is quite good advice and yet this is true. Probably even 1% chances of winning will not give accurate assurance about the chances of winning. I personally gamble in our local lottery but I won't attract an online gambling lottery because I did not see there a provability fair game. It can be manipulated through the system. I would rather choose based on skills online gambling just like playing cards especially poker and I would rather gamble dice game rather than a lottery.

The other point of view is the actual gamble takes very little time, some people have no interest in the game itself but want just the possibility of a win and this is the easiest path to that for almost no time required at all.
   A small tip for lottery is never to pick common numbers, every number combination is roughly equal to every other but common or popular numbers will result in many people picking this sequence which then means you share the prize.   So you are gaining no advantage logically apart from easy to remember numbers but unfortunately is does certainly reduce the prize.    For example if you use a birthday, make sure its an impossible date if you can so it cannot be shared with anyone else also betting that birthday as lottery numbers.

Do these patterns or common do really exist? I guess not unless lotteries are fully rigid yet these common numbers will not easily come out.
We cant be sure that draws are fair but what if its totally randomize? I don't believe those common number matters because everything would be random and
its just part of superstitious or cross fingered type bets when using up your birthdates to be included or considered to your number selections.

Yeah, the lottery games will always exist for a long time because there will be many new people who want to use a shortcut to get the money. But some of them will not know that lottery games is a game base on the luck, and although they spend huge money, they are hard to win. But the lottery game is the most accessible gambling games that people know, and they don't need to learn anything.


Yes, maybe they have a different way than what I suggest, but I think the point will be the same. When I want to buy the ticket in the lottery, I will ask my friends if they're going to join me or not. And if they want, we collect the money in me so then I can buy the ticket and share to them. Sometimes this was works to win the second or third place but that still difficult to hit the jackpot ;D.

While we may argue about other games, I think no one would say that lottery is not a game of luck. The main difference from other games of luck, like dice, for example, is that in lottery you can potentially win tens of millions of your invested amount, while in dice it's only 9900x max. That's why many people choose lottery over other games.

Whats the purpose and use of small bet when you cannot gain anything from it. Apart from the few exceptional cases, i never seen anyone wining a lottery. It is like that you invest something in which you know there are only 1% chances of wining. If you are a part time gambler, only then you can choose to try your luck with lottery otherwise you should avoid it.

So from your logic, there is also no good in taking insurance policy. Only 0.2-0.25% people actually claim insurance money, rest of the premium goes unused. But still taking insurance policy provides safety against unforeseen circumstances.
Similarly, lottery can also turn someone future without denting wallet much. Imagine buying $1 lottery ticket and winning $100K! I won't regred spending such $1 even though winning probability is just 0.001%.

In my opinion this happens because most people are greedy and lazy, many people have dreams of being rich and making a lot of money and there is nothing wrong with that but they do not want to go through all the efforts needed to build that kind of fortune, so instead of trying to formulate a plan to become wealthy on their own they prefer to play the lottery and they imagine that some day their dreams will come true, but we know that even if they won the lottery since they do not know the effort needed to earn that money that they will be bankrupt in just a few years.

Yeah your right that the winning rate here is impossible but the feeling when you're hoping to win in lottery is the best feeling I have when I'm bettting. So what if the winning rate is too low, who cares? Atleast your hoping to win that big money.

Sorry for the interfere but what is the insurance you mean? It makes no sense because you don't understand. (don't spam dude)
Gambling lottery is probably a low chance of winning, but there are gamblers who are still looking to it because you can wager at the cheapest price of tickets that you can buy. I personally don't like on this lottery, even here in my country I don't gamble how much more on the internet we don't know what is provably fair for them. However, if you feel that you have a sign of good luck then buy tickets on the lottery.

One of the reasons I suggested getting friends and family to buy the tickets with you and with their own money is to reduce/share the risk. In the end, whoever wins the lottery will share the win with the rest of the team according to the sharing agreement. Buying lots of tickets with your own money and sharing with friends will quickly drain your lottery fund. But contributing together could help you stay longer in the game.

This is a good way to minimize the loss for those who do not win the lottery. Since the lottery tickets are of less value , all of your friends can buy certain potions of the tickets and they will be sure that in case anyone of you win, they are surely going to get the share in the profits.

Come on dude, Lottery is being allocated for multiple with the small investment as well as huge funds involved in that. But casino games completely in your hand, you can choose whatever amount you wish and whatever time you are comfortable.
I always the sportsbetting and casino games more than lottery kind of games.

Recently i saw a case in my family he invested all his amount in buying a lottery ticket but he lost amount after selling it after watching him being poor I lost hope in lottery but as we know different people have different luck. We should try our luck maybe we could win I you have chances even to win small.

Most who chose lottery are those in need, poor, aging and their last hope is only lottery to atleast have a better living. In a 3rd world country, not all know how to use smartphone or computer and how come they will have a knowledge about crypto if even using gadgets is they don't know. Also lottery is completely legal in the eye of authority. Crypto gambling is only for people known to be as gamblers. Pros of it, for example in dice you have a better chances in winning the highest payout than winning in lottery. However, the cons of it, is you're going to be addicted.

The reason why people chose to play lottery than any gambling games because of low stake and high rewards, that is why there are low chances for you to lose a huge amount of profit in lottery. But for me, i don't usually play lottery because it doesn't gives me any thrill, that is why i only play poker and baccarat that gives me excitement and thrill in gambling.

It is because even though the chances are very slim, the possible jackpot price is large enough to get the interest of the people. You never know when people are feeling lucky, they can get that jackpot even in the first try. Regardless how small the chances are, if the price in the end of the tunnel is worth the time, effort and money, people will not stop until they obtain it.

Lottery is a unique game if you ask me. The rules are simple, just beat the odds and win the price. You can play it several times but the cost will pile up and there is no guaranteed that you will win next time. But what encourages people to continue playing lottery is the great reward they will get. Imagining that your one-digit bet can make a million worth of money is what makes people love lottery.

when you said unique i agree with that . unique in terms of odds because the odds of lottery are too much and it makes it hard to win on this game  . the rules are simple but it isnt about beating odds , rules are meant on how to play the game (ex. getting a stab and filling the number of your choise )

lottery is not one digit bet but it consist of many numbers  , its 16 numbers at most ( standard lotto game )  . you cant say that the cost will pile up , what if your just lucky and you only spend a little but you won the jackpot .

The way you explain it, it's like saying "it's for stupid people who can't think!", I can't say I totally disagree with that though! ::)
I understand the point people who play often make though: "I know it's extremely unlikely that I'll win, but I spend only a few cents sometimes".

Its the most simple gambling game I think but it is the least number of percentage of winnings and that makes it unique compare to other gambling games. One more is that, you don't need skills to bet in lottery. You just need numbers and money then you're good to go. The huge reward in lotteries makes it attractive to gamblers that is why many are still betting on it even they know that the chances of them to win is close to zero.

Sorry but all the guys I know who but lottery tickets are not poor, not old and not having a last hope. They are like me, we all like to gamble, but we just put aside a small amount of money so we have enough in our pool to buy a whole system of numbers every month. One day if we win we share the whole pool. Just a small dream we all know will probably never happen.

Well, just like a dream is right. Because the percentage of chances in winning is very small. Even let say 1% is lower than that, there's no assurance of chances in winning. I personally don't gamble in the lottery even the tickets are too cheap to buy. Your odds a less chance to hit the jackpot. Indeed, I don't know why there are still people keep buying tickets on the lottery, maybe they are dreaming too. A quick rich and instant millionaire.

I know right! where did he get that people who choose lottery are either "poor, aging and their last hope is only lottery" that is a bunch of BS since you and I are a testament that it isn't.
lottery for me is like a side hobby where you can get huge amount of money even if the possibility of winning is almost to none. I play lottery not because I am desperate or poor or old but
because it is easy and quick unlike other gambling games.

Stories like these are what encourage people more to do the lottery. Although the chances of winning are like one in a million, the reward is definitely attractive to make someone bet continuously and consistently. The lottery is not the problem but the addiction that comes with it. There are others who sacrifice their resources to gamble, prejudicing their priorities in their family or at work.

It is somewhat weird for me that many people are still gambling in lottery even they know already that their chances of winning is very close to zero. Yes the reward makes it attractive but the question is do you have enough money to get it? Some who are addicted to gambling will borrow some money from their companions just to gamble which is very bad :(.

This is sad but it is true.

I've experienced this in the past.

Lotteries are not that cheap but also, the money you are spending, in the long run, can really make you regret that you spend that much money into gambling. I just hope a lot of people would realize this.

Well that’s the tradition old timers used to do so who are we to stop them?anyway this is their way of enjoying gambling,most of the people that loves to buy lottery tickets are those people that don’t play other gambling games instead they are contented in their habitual betting for lottery
You don’t need billions to buy tickets in lottery and besides one combination is enough for most of them and not looking for many numbers
In my age now?i never heard a Lottery bettors that asked money from companions since it’s very cheap ticket in my place can or combination of bet only cost you 3/4 a dollar so why need to ask for a friend?

Because why not? It is a great risk and for as we know just like cryptocurrency with bigger risks, the bigger the money you could get. And lottery is a classic way of winning ever since it was established. Many people are still taking the risk in joining lotteries. And many people changed their lives because of winning a lottery.

and only takes your couple of bucks to bet and have your number combinations{unless you use computer automated combo it may cost higher}
not like other betting games that you need to focus spend lot of time and money,in lottery you only need to bet in the morning and wait till afternoon for the result of winning numbers,isnt it cool than playing poker and dice?

That is why lottery games were so popular among people, especially for offline lottery games. Sometimes we see people buy so many tickets with a couple of bucks, and they wait for the ticket which will comes out. Yes, the lottery game was attractive, but the dice game was also popular on the internet and not just in real life. So perhaps, those types of gambling games still have many fans, and they will always place the bet if they have money and time to gamble. But to win that both games will be difficult so you cannot expect to win a lot of money.

Then don't count it all lol , can you imagine if you count the cost of your daily foods since you born? Or at least count how much it cost if you save the money that you spend on foods since 5 years ago?
Let's say $20 daily x 30 = $600 monthly!
$600 x 60 months = $36,000! You have spent $36,000 in the last 5 years for your foods.

if you count things like this then yeah it would always looks  like a huge amount but come on! You can't really do this. If you have spend the money on whatever it is especially gambling... don't think too much , if you lost it .. move on! With this way spending money looking for luck in lottery would becone much better entertainment.

There's shouldn't be any regret , it could be your boomerang to attack you back.

Yes lottery attract so many people every year they use to get profit from it that’s why yearly increase in number of lottery investor is increasing. I am sure after few years lottery will gain more investor than other investors. Buying lottery is not hard you only have to invest your money and get a ticket then wait for your luck.

I think the Lottery game is the oldest form of winning a reward but it's a very unique, You can't guess what will happen, because it's based on very low probability, in comparison to other gambling or dice game, This lottery game is a little risk and less costly. You can buy a number lottery number with a low amount of money both online and offline and wait for the coming out of the lottery result. so there is nothing to be worried about or get in pressure a lot. you can play this lottery game even offline but other crypto-based gambling or game only have to play online, so I always prefer lottery to any other gambling form. for me, It looks an attractive and low-risk pattern, so people also choose this one instead of anything else.

Yes it only takes a couple bucks in your pocket but lets do a computation a bit.
Lets say you gamble around $1 every day in lottery. That is $7 a week and around $30-$31 a month and in a year it will be $365. In some countries maybe it is a small amount only but in some third world countries where there are lotteries, that amount is huge already.

The mistake of some gamblers in lottery is that they can't control themselves and they will gamble as long as there is a few bucks left in their pocket. They are hoping that they will win. I personally don't gamble in lotteries because of the very low odds of winning and the jackpot in some lotteries aren't that attractive to me to be honest. Yes if you win it will be a life changing jackpot but you need a huge capital to get it.

yeah that's big money for third world countries like mine but we are talking about '1 whole year here' while in other form of gambling you can spend 10-100$ per game and may be even bigger sometimes
maybe what you are talking is the scratched ticket?but thats different of what OPs talking because the way i see it is the lottery ticket that the result is once a day only..anyway whatever their stand is still this is gambling and we will play on what made us happy

To be honest, lottery also included on gambling. Some people like to play just lottery. Most likely they don't like use their brain and they might not have enough time. So they just buy lottery and relax. Who know if they win. Another reason even loss on lottery amount wouldn't very big. But return could a big amount. There is different type of lottery where also need to research. But we can say, lottery is one kind of cool gambling. Just buy and wait for result.

There is no weird about people playing lottery because that gambling makes them enjoying and happy,all of us have their own place in gambling and they choose lottery so let us respect that and even in any form of gambling that you’ve mentioned about borrowing from companions happening not only in lottery but in all gambling games

I don't consider one form of gambling more respectable than the other because gambling is gambling and one will lose money. From my point of view, these different types of gambling are just different ways invented by business owners to get the money out of gamblers’ pockets. I will never ever suggest anyone to get involved in to this stuff in any way. This only brings pain in the end.

The big difference with lotto in comparison to other gambling games is that the prize is so huge while at the same time the "bet" is almost trivial. Even the poor can afford to buy a single lotto a day. I doubt any of them have enough money to simply walk into a casino.

Even when playing casino online, losing hurts. In comparison I've never seen anyone feel deeply hurt not winning the lottery.

Yep I understand them. Its just I feel weird about it and maybe it is just me who are feeling it but I respect the gamblers who are happy when they are gambling in lottery :). As you said lets respect them and let them be.

Lottery is considered as a gambling game. The definition of gambling which is "the activity or practice of playing at a game of chance for money or other stakes. (https://www.dictionary.com/browse/gambling) and another one that is based on google is "play games of chance for money; bet" (https://www.google.com/search?q=what+is+the+definition+of+gambling&oq=what+is+the+definition+of+gambling&aqs=chrome..69i57.3847j0j1&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8)

If you will analyze it, gambling is playing a game of chance for money. You will gamble your money to have more money. That is lottery right?? Lottery = Gambling in short because you are betting, gambling for the sake of money.

The lottery is part of gambling, whether you realize or not because when you buy a ticket, you want to win or hit the jackpot. You know the fact that to hit the jackpot, you will need luck, so if the game needs luck, then that will be gambling. In any gambling games, the luck will be needed so we can win the money. Maybe people choose lottery games because they can buy the ticket at any time without learning or have skill.

People really choose to gamble than anything else because of the chance that might hit the jackpot. Well, you have a point there, gambling is gambling without controlling yourself you’ll be addicted to it and surely ended up losing money. All of those owners of a gambling game is to earn money and that is why we should not be blinded of this big jackpot in a lottery since gambling is base on luck.

Even if you are wasting $365 per year, let's say you got a once in a blue moon luck and won the lottery that's pretty big and your loss will be nothing! Look, there could be sometimes that our country's lottery winning prize will go 700m php if you convert it to dollars it would be $13 517 700. Let's say you hold the same combination for 5 years. 365 x 5 = $1825 > less than 100,000 php. $13,517,700 - $1825 =  13,515,875. It's a bigger win. That's why people risk so hard with this lottery thing. Higher risk, bigger win.

I know in gambling you need luck and in buying lottery you need luck too but just realize that in gambling you will have to gain knowledge and you will have to work well but in the lottery, you will totally be depended on luck. Your luck will be your only weapon to win. Get your lottery ticket to keep it safe and wait for your luck but in gambling, you will have to play with your skills to win at the end.

There are certain factors why some people opt for lotteries than other gambling games. One of which is that they do not have betting skills, as you've mentioned. It could also be a factor that they are busy with their work or business that they can only have a little spare time left to fall in line and buy a lottery ticket. It could also be that lotteries have way bigger prizes compared to other gambling games. Another factor could be that they are not really gamblers; they just want to have a chance on that huge prize. 

At Duckdice someone won 0.33 BTC with 4 tickets of 10K sat. Why is that never happens to me ;-)

Probably because of the simplest reason that the thought of winning a huge amount of money by paying so little excites the human mind. I believe people play the lottery simply because it is fun and wonderful to dream of things that could be, if money were not an issue.

Dreams are different from reality tho, and probably more practical people don't join lotteries at all.

lottery is a gamble that has existed since ancient times, many people like lottery gambling because it is easy to do. by buying a lottery we just wait for the draw to win it and lottery gambling can be done at any time without having to play gambling using skills and strategies like other gambling

For me, the reason why I chose lottery aside from others is because I can see that lottery in our country is providing community assistance or help. Such as donating to charities and providing needs for those who cannot live stable. Another thing is that, though the chance of winning is low, the prize is considerably so high if we win.

If I am betting at the lottery I am just thinking of donating my money instead, Because our lottery here in our country is donating their profit into charities and I think that is good. The winning chance is close to none but If you bet there's always a chance so I think betting in a lottery is a jackpot or a donation. It's all good for me.

its not appropriate mate because what is asking on the OP is why choose lottery instead of other gambling games and not why you are betting in lottery

but your point is good for me extracting the reason why we need to bet in lottery though the chance of winning is next to impossible yet considering as donation is the best answer i have learn and from now on?i will be betting just to donate ang if i win then that would be a bonus

You are right the amounted money that we win in lottery id really like a surprise as when you don’t expect something and suddenly get it from something they’d really feels good so in this way  I ask also really happy to invest my money on lottery after buying some tickets I can work in my office and on right time I will get reward from my lottery.