Lotteries and possibility vs. probability

[Blitzboy]

At least, with lotteries, the few lucky winners who hit the jackpot can forget about keeping playing because they hit their goal, so there is no need to keep playing (and, therefore, lose it all in the long run).

I think that Lottery itself is not an addictive form of gambling. I mean, you know that your chances are near to zero, doesn't matter how many tickets you buy, you will lose 99.9% case and if you win the jackpot, you really win the amount that is necessary to fulfill your financial dreams and give you an ability to buy an expensive house(s), start a business and live life without fair of what if food gets expensive.
So, lottery is once in a lifetime kind of reward while traditional casino games, like BlackJack and Roulette are type of games that reward you instantly or make you lose your bet. This is very addictive, when you double your money, then you want to double it again and increase 4 times, then you lose all, then you start it over and over again and you can play them anytime and do as many bets as you want unlikely from Lottery. It's not really addictive to fill Lottery tickets.

You know, I've always compared lotteries to those foods you make in a slow cooker. takes time, but occasionally the wait rewards you with something delectable! Throughout casino games? They're like those microwaveable snacks: exciting, exciting, and sometimes a little disappointing.

I understand your perspective. When you buy lottery tickets, you wait and the results dont constantly loom over you. However, with casino games, you can instantly win or lose. Different strokes for different people, as they say. Whatever you decide, just make sure to sail carefully.

[Hamphser]

At least, with lotteries, the few lucky winners who hit the jackpot can forget about keeping playing because they hit their goal, so there is no need to keep playing (and, therefore, lose it all in the long run).

I think that Lottery itself is not an addictive form of gambling. I mean, you know that your chances are near to zero, doesn't matter how many tickets you buy, you will lose 99.9% case and if you win the jackpot, you really win the amount that is necessary to fulfill your financial dreams and give you an ability to buy an expensive house(s), start a business and live life without fair of what if food gets expensive.
So, lottery is once in a lifetime kind of reward while traditional casino games, like BlackJack and Roulette are type of games that reward you instantly or make you lose your bet. This is very addictive, when you double your money, then you want to double it again and increase 4 times, then you lose all, then you start it over and over again and you can play them anytime and do as many bets as you want unlikely from Lottery. It's not really addictive to fill Lottery tickets.

You know, I've always compared lotteries to those foods you make in a slow cooker. takes time, but occasionally the wait rewards you with something delectable! Throughout casino games? They're like those microwaveable snacks: exciting, exciting, and sometimes a little disappointing.

I understand your perspective. When you buy lottery tickets, you wait and the results dont constantly loom over you. However, with casino games, you can instantly win or lose. Different strokes for different people, as they say. Whatever you decide, just make sure to sail carefully.

Both Lottery betting and those casino games are gambling but its true that it is really that completely different on how things to be done and those expectations will really be in between instant and have a specific

period of time on which it would really be giving out that kind of thrill and this is where it would be falling whether a certain individual would really prefer on having those fast or instant results but not really that much big of a return or winning or into those lotteries which does provide that very slim chance of winning but having the chance of changing your life financially? This is where lies your interest which one
would really be the thing you would really be involving with but its not really that not an issue since you could really be able to do both if you do like.

Just really that bare in mind that lottery winning chance is almost close to impossible, this is why it would really be always that ideal that you should not really
anticipate or expect much so that you wont really be ending up on getting disappointed.

[Odusko]

If we are to have a look on lottery vs gambling we could arrived at difference which are actually part of what makes it difficult to know which and which is not supposed for us to go for in other not to waste out efforts on application or money on gambling, i know what most of us spend in a day is more than we spend a on gambling or even lottery as long as we are using money to secure a slot for its application or money for gambling.

Lottery is a part of gambling, and it all uses money. Even though you say the price of lottery tickets is not expensive, if someone buys a lot of lottery tickets, he also has to use a lot of money. It's the same if you play slots, for example. You also use a certain amount of money to play slots without knowing when you will win.

But even though slot and lottery games are both based on luck, each of these gambling games has its fans. Slot and lottery games both require time to play. Perhaps the difference is that we only need to buy the lottery ticket and wait for the results to come out a few days later. Meanwhile, to play slots, we have to play them and wait for the results to come out.

There is no difference between lottery and other gambling and there all belong to the same category There is no difference in the both, since even though no matter how little the price are on those lottery tickets it doesn't reduce the risk of losing and ultimately leading to high loses as every other gambling games.
Because on several occasions, many of the lottery players will buy into multiple lottery tickets to keep themselves ahead of the game at all time.

[Aanuoluwatofunmi]

If we are to have a look on lottery vs gambling we could arrived at difference which are actually part of what makes it difficult to know which and which is not supposed for us to go for in other not to waste out efforts on application or money on gambling, i know what most of us spend in a day is more than we spend a on gambling or even lottery as long as we are using money to secure a slot for its application or money for gambling.

Lottery is a part of gambling, and it all uses money. Even though you say the price of lottery tickets is not expensive, if someone buys a lot of lottery tickets, he also has to use a lot of money. It's the same if you play slots, for example. You also use a certain amount of money to play slots without knowing when you will win.

But even though slot and lottery games are both based on luck, each of these gambling games has its fans. Slot and lottery games both require time to play. Perhaps the difference is that we only need to buy the lottery ticket and wait for the results to come out a few days later. Meanwhile, to play slots, we have to play them and wait for the results to come out.

There is no difference between lottery and other gambling and there all belong to the same category There is no difference in the both, since even though no matter how little the price are on those lottery tickets it doesn't reduce the risk of losing and ultimately leading to high loses as every other gambling games.
Because on several occasions, many of the lottery players will buy into multiple lottery tickets to keep themselves ahead of the game at all time.

Am afraid you both had to agree that lottery and gambling are the same, we need to understand the distinction between them both, they are two different things entirely, when you're gambling, you're on your own taking the risk of loosing your stake or winning through it, if you're going for lottery, then know that it's not gambling, because it can come from different sources to partake in it, sometimes government take over some lottery applications when they wanted to give opportunities back to the people, but the government cannot encourage for gambling because they know the risk that is involved.

[khaled0111]

Am afraid you both had to agree that lottery and gambling are the same, we need to understand the distinction between them both, they are two different things entirely, when you're gambling, you're on your own taking the risk of loosing your stake or winning through it, if you're going for lottery, then know that it's not gambling, because it can come from different sources to partake in it, sometimes government take over some lottery applications when they wanted to give opportunities back to the people, but the government cannot encourage for gambling because they know the risk that is involved.

Sorry, but what do you mean by "it can come from different sources to partake in it" and what do governments have to do with lotteries? Or to make it more clear, how the involvement of a government in the game make it not a gambling game?
Sorry again but I don't agree with you. Even the definition on Wikipedia clearly says that "A lottery is a form of gambling". Besides, many online casinos offer such games.
Here is the reference from Wikipedia, in case you are interested in reading it:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lottery

[mak013]

$1 per day is $350 per year. Here we often can see how some coin raises x10 per week. So it is not so small sum as we think. And if we`ll analyze our every day spending, we can find $5-20 per day that we spend for nothing. Of course it not only buying lottery tickets but the result can be awesome, if we can control this spending and use it cleverly.

Just like the rest been saying that when it comes to financial capability then each person does have that different kind of threshold when it comes into the amount that they could willingly spend on buying those lottery tickets on which there would be those ones who would really be able to afford on spending $5-20 per day or to those who do just simply stick with a buck for them to be able to play or make bet at least.
Although it doesnt really mind much because even 1 or 100 tickets doesnt really assure out a hit which just been said that luck would be the biggest or main factor for you to be able to hit up the jackpot.
If you could really just simply move on and dont mind about those money that had been used on betting on lotteries then it should really be just fine. Dont make yourself that too hopeful when it comes to those jackpot amounts and dont keep imagining on how you would gonna spend even if you dont be able to hit those combinations. Sometimes daydreaming is really that something we do able to picture out and this what motivates us to bet even more because of those kind of beliefs.

It isn`t a problem for me to spend $5-10 per day for something i don`t need. But it doesn`t mean that i want/need to do it. It would be much better even to put this money in the box.
PS. When i stopped smoking i thought that i`ll see saved money. But i just spent it on different thing like junk food, lotteries, etc. After it i counted how much money i spent per month on cigarettes and began to invest such sum every month. The result was really nice.

$1 per day is $350 per year. Here we often can see how some coin raises x10 per week. So it is not so small sum as we think. And if we`ll analyze our every day spending, we can find $5-20 per day that we spend for nothing. Of course it not only buying lottery tickets but the result can be awesome, if we can control this spending and use it cleverly.

I was thinking even less: $1 per week = 50 dollars per year = 500 dollars per decade.

Depending on the type of lottery there can be daily draws, weekly ones, or even yearly: in Spain is very typical the "Christmas Lottery", at 20€ per ticket, and people often buy several tickets.

That means that the person who buys a pair of tickets for Christmas would be able to play the whole year for the same price in the weekly lottery. But, of course, those who play every day are wasting their money: they don't dream from time to time with the prize anymore: they are looking for it, or worse, obsessed with it.

The lottery is just the part or expenses we don`t need to do. You buy coffee, lottery, hire taxi, when it is easy to walk, etc. As the result we get lots of money we lose everyday.
And even if we are talking about only lotteries - lots of people buy several tickets once a week and it can be much more than $1 per day.

[Fivestar4everMVP]

Am afraid you both had to agree that lottery and gambling are the same, we need to understand the distinction between them both, they are two different things entirely, when you're gambling, you're on your own taking the risk of loosing your stake or winning through it, if you're going for lottery, then know that it's not gambling, because it can come from different sources to partake in it, sometimes government take over some lottery applications when they wanted to give opportunities back to the people, but the government cannot encourage for gambling because they know the risk that is involved.

Sorry, but what do you mean by "it can come from different sources to partake in it" and what do governments have to do with lotteries? Or to make it more clear, how the involvement of a government in the game make it not a gambling game?
Sorry again but I don't agree with you. Even the definition on Wikipedia clearly says that "A lottery is a form of gambling". Besides, many online casinos offer such games.
Here is the reference from Wikipedia, in case you are interested in reading it:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lottery

Well, you are right, gambling is not all about playing slot or casino games and sports betting, there are different types of gambling and lottery is one of them.

To make it simpler to understand, any game where one stake a small amount of money in hopes of getting or winning a bigger sum, which they also stand a chance of losing, is clearly gambling, whether the government is involved in it or not, lottery is gambling and always is .

And besides, not like gambling is a crime, gambling is very legal in several parts of the world, some casinos are even owned by the government as they use it to generate money for the country or state, like here in my country, a state owned a gambling casino, which the state government use in generating money for the development of the state .

[summonerrk]

Am afraid you both had to agree that lottery and gambling are the same, we need to understand the distinction between them both, they are two different things entirely, when you're gambling, you're on your own taking the risk of loosing your stake or winning through it, if you're going for lottery, then know that it's not gambling, because it can come from different sources to partake in it, sometimes government take over some lottery applications when they wanted to give opportunities back to the people, but the government cannot encourage for gambling because they know the risk that is involved.

Sorry, but what do you mean by "it can come from different sources to partake in it" and what do governments have to do with lotteries? Or to make it more clear, how the involvement of a government in the game make it not a gambling game?
Sorry again but I don't agree with you. Even the definition on Wikipedia clearly says that "A lottery is a form of gambling". Besides, many online casinos offer such games.
Here is the reference from Wikipedia, in case you are interested in reading it:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lottery

Surprisingly, I would not have thought that Lotteries are still a form of gambling. I used to understand that gambling is when you can spend and win back sums of money here and now doing it almost uncontrollably, while lotteries have always seemed to me something harmless that grandparents play. However, in addition to this, another amazing fact is written on the wiki. Lotteries were returned to the United States, calculating that this is a way to replenish the government budget. From this we can conclude that the state receives really large sums of money from lotteries. And even though the lotterie is almost always controlled by the government, it does not mean that the control of the lotterie dependents is conducted and controlled.

[Porfirii]

$1 per day is $350 per year. Here we often can see how some coin raises x10 per week. So it is not so small sum as we think. And if we`ll analyze our every day spending, we can find $5-20 per day that we spend for nothing. Of course it not only buying lottery tickets but the result can be awesome, if we can control this spending and use it cleverly.

I was thinking even less: $1 per week = 50 dollars per year = 500 dollars per decade.

-snip-

The lottery is just the part or expenses we don`t need to do. You buy coffee, lottery, hire taxi, when it is easy to walk, etc. As the result we get lots of money we lose everyday.
And even if we are talking about only lotteries - lots of people buy several tickets once a week and it can be much more than $1 per day.

That's why we are talking about this topic here. On one hand, does it make any sense to spend a lot of money in lottery tickets when, in terms of happiness, buying just one from time to time should be enough because, that's it, you got the possibility (and forget about near to zero probabilities of winning)?.

On the other hand, walking is more healthy and cheaper than hiring a taxi, so there is a clearly more reasonable answer here. Coffee is a drug, but it can have a positive effect in several cases, when it's consumed responsibly; and that's what I think about lottery too.

[slapper]

Am afraid you both had to agree that lottery and gambling are the same, we need to understand the distinction between them both, they are two different things entirely, when you're gambling, you're on your own taking the risk of loosing your stake or winning through it, if you're going for lottery, then know that it's not gambling, because it can come from different sources to partake in it, sometimes government take over some lottery applications when they wanted to give opportunities back to the people, but the government cannot encourage for gambling because they know the risk that is involved.

Sorry, but what do you mean by "it can come from different sources to partake in it" and what do governments have to do with lotteries? Or to make it more clear, how the involvement of a government in the game make it not a gambling game?
Sorry again but I don't agree with you. Even the definition on Wikipedia clearly says that "A lottery is a form of gambling". Besides, many online casinos offer such games.
Here is the reference from Wikipedia, in case you are interested in reading it:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lottery

Well, you are right, gambling is not all about playing slot or casino games and sports betting, there are different types of gambling and lottery is one of them.

To make it simpler to understand, any game where one stake a small amount of money in hopes of getting or winning a bigger sum, which they also stand a chance of losing, is clearly gambling, whether the government is involved in it or not, lottery is gambling and always is .

And besides, not like gambling is a crime, gambling is very legal in several parts of the world, some casinos are even owned by the government as they use it to generate money for the country or state, like here in my country, a state owned a gambling casino, which the state government use in generating money for the development of the state .

In fact, people often only think about slots, poker, and horse races when they think about gambling. Let's stop and think about that friend who always buys lottery tickets. Correct, that's gambling. It's amazing that it doesn't matter if the person or creature behind it wears a suit and sits in a government building or is dressed like a casino host. Gambling's primary concept doesn't change with ownership or size
Let's stay on track. It's odd that states and governments get money from gambling. Running a country and tossing dice may be blurred, who knew

[serjent05]

At least, with lotteries, the few lucky winners who hit the jackpot can forget about keeping playing because they hit their goal, so there is no need to keep playing (and, therefore, lose it all in the long run).

I think that Lottery itself is not an addictive form of gambling. I mean, you know that your chances are near to zero, doesn't matter how many tickets you buy, you will lose 99.9% case and if you win the jackpot, you really win the amount that is necessary to fulfill your financial dreams and give you an ability to buy an expensive house(s), start a business and live life without fair of what if food gets expensive.
So, lottery is once in a lifetime kind of reward while traditional casino games, like BlackJack and Roulette are type of games that reward you instantly or make you lose your bet. This is very addictive, when you double your money, then you want to double it again and increase 4 times, then you lose all, then you start it over and over again and you can play them anytime and do as many bets as you want unlikely from Lottery. It's not really addictive to fill Lottery tickets.

Everything can be addictive, including all forms of gambling, lottery included.  People have different preferences, and just because we are not that interested in the lottery, we think that it is not addictive at all.  Here are some YouTube clip that tells about a person who is addicted to lottery scratch:

She Says She’s Addicted to Lottery Scratchers
Battling addiction as popularity of lottery games soar

So it is not only casino games that are addictive but also the gambling offered by the state called lottery.

[Beparanf]

In fact, people often only think about slots, poker, and horse races when they think about gambling. Let's stop and think about that friend who always buys lottery tickets.

Even a normal game can be converted to gambling if there’s a risking money involved. Lottery is popular gambling and I’m surprised how some people doesn’t view it as gambling just because it’s not inside the casino but rather on places like malls which many people is hanging out.

Let's stay on track. It's odd that states and governments get money from gambling. Running a country and tossing dice may be blurred, who knew

It’s not odd. Anything that involves money requires to pay tax to the government. It’s just become a stigma that government have profit because of corruption but a good governance that gets tax will surely benefit the citizen.

[Synchronice]

Everything can be addictive, including all forms of gambling, lottery included.  People have different preferences, and just because we are not that interested in the lottery, we think that it is not addictive at all.  Here are some YouTube clip that tells about a person who is addicted to lottery scratch:

She Says She’s Addicted to Lottery Scratchers
Battling addiction as popularity of lottery games soar

So it is not only casino games that are addictive but also the gambling offered by the state called lottery.

I am not talking about Lottery Scratchers, I talk about Lotto where you choose six distinct numbers from a range of 1-49 or from whatever range you have. This game is not definitely addictive, I have never heard or never seen someone getting addicted to Lotto but Lottery Scratchers are definitely addictive, I remember when I first played them when I was a kid, I wanted to buy lots of those to scratch.
So, this is what I'm saying: Games that reward you instantly, like Lottery Scratchers, Slots, Dice and so on, are addictive but games like Lotto that reward only one or two out of millions of people, are definitely not addictive. This is just a pure psychology.

[maydna]

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There is no difference between lottery and other gambling and there all belong to the same category There is no difference in the both, since even though no matter how little the price are on those lottery tickets it doesn't reduce the risk of losing and ultimately leading to high loses as every other gambling games.
Because on several occasions, many of the lottery players will buy into multiple lottery tickets to keep themselves ahead of the game at all time.

If they can accept the risk of losing after buying several lottery tickets, it will be the same as people who gamble on other gambling games. They will not regret using their money to buy lottery tickets or gamble. And because they also have the same goal of winning gambling games, they will still play them even if they have experienced loss. So lottery players will still buy lottery tickets even though they haven't managed to win at the moment because they still have high hopes of winning the jackpot prize one day.

[mak013]

The lottery is just the part or expenses we don`t need to do. You buy coffee, lottery, hire taxi, when it is easy to walk, etc. As the result we get lots of money we lose everyday.
And even if we are talking about only lotteries - lots of people buy several tickets once a week and it can be much more than $1 per day.

That's why we are talking about this topic here. On one hand, does it make any sense to spend a lot of money in lottery tickets when, in terms of happiness, buying just one from time to time should be enough because, that's it, you got the possibility (and forget about near to zero probabilities of winning)?.

On the other hand, walking is more healthy and cheaper than hiring a taxi, so there is a clearly more reasonable answer here. Coffee is a drug, but it can have a positive effect in several cases, when it's consumed responsibly; and that's what I think about lottery too.

And a taxi helps us to save time. We can explain everything, if we want to do it As for me, if you want to get emotions it would be better to bet some sport event you can watch - football, basketball, etc. The emotions will be brighter if you have chance to win some money. And the chances are higher than in lottery.
The only situation when i buy lottery tickets is when i want to make some small gift.

[m2017]

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There is no difference between lottery and other gambling and there all belong to the same category There is no difference in the both, since even though no matter how little the price are on those lottery tickets it doesn't reduce the risk of losing and ultimately leading to high loses as every other gambling games.
Because on several occasions, many of the lottery players will buy into multiple lottery tickets to keep themselves ahead of the game at all time.

If they can accept the risk of losing after buying several lottery tickets, it will be the same as people who gamble on other gambling games. They will not regret using their money to buy lottery tickets or gamble. And because they also have the same goal of winning gambling games, they will still play them even if they have experienced loss. So lottery players will still buy lottery tickets even though they haven't managed to win at the moment because they still have high hopes of winning the jackpot prize one day.

But the problem is that not all players will win the jackpot, and that’s putting it mildly. Most, most of them, purely mathematically, are not destined to win even a small amount. In the end, almost all players will turn out to be losers who spent their money on false hopes and expectations of getting a big win. This is how this system is designed, cruel and merciless to the players’ pockets.

Here they have not so much the goal of winning, but rather the effect of hope that with the help of the jackpot these players will be able to dramatically change their lives. Naive.

[Bushdark]

The lottery is just the part or expenses we don`t need to do. You buy coffee, lottery, hire taxi, when it is easy to walk, etc. As the result we get lots of money we lose everyday.
And even if we are talking about only lotteries - lots of people buy several tickets once a week and it can be much more than $1 per day.

That's why we are talking about this topic here. On one hand, does it make any sense to spend a lot of money in lottery tickets when, in terms of happiness, buying just one from time to time should be enough because, that's it, you got the possibility (and forget about near to zero probabilities of winning)?.

On the other hand, walking is more healthy and cheaper than hiring a taxi, so there is a clearly more reasonable answer here. Coffee is a drug, but it can have a positive effect in several cases, when it's consumed responsibly; and that's what I think about lottery too.

And a taxi helps us to save time. We can explain everything, if we want to do it As for me, if you want to get emotions it would be better to bet some sport event you can watch - football, basketball, etc. The emotions will be brighter if you have chance to win some money. And the chances are higher than in lottery.
The only situation when i buy lottery tickets is when i want to make some small gift.

Sometimes people make money in lottery than betting on sports that will make you stake more funds for you to earn more money and that is of your predictions falls to the actual results. In lottery, you can use a dollar to win close to $100 or more and this is why many persons that had been betting on lottery games prefer this than playing games on casinos to make profits. Little amount of money cam fetch you up to 100× to 1000× on lottery games making it easy to bet on attractinh vast customers to prefer it than the normal betting we do on daily basis.

[mak013]

And a taxi helps us to save time. We can explain everything, if we want to do it As for me, if you want to get emotions it would be better to bet some sport event you can watch - football, basketball, etc. The emotions will be brighter if you have chance to win some money. And the chances are higher than in lottery.
The only situation when i buy lottery tickets is when i want to make some small gift.

Sometimes people make money in lottery than betting on sports that will make you stake more funds for you to earn more money and that is of your predictions falls to the actual results. In lottery, you can use a dollar to win close to $100 or more and this is why many persons that had been betting on lottery games prefer this than playing games on casinos to make profits. Little amount of money cam fetch you up to 100× to 1000× on lottery games making it easy to bet on attractinh vast customers to prefer it than the normal betting we do on daily basis.

And sometimes people make money in betting on sports. But if in lottery you chance to win something more than ticket price is about 1%, in sport betting you have 30% chance to win. And if we are talking about super prize - the chances to win is about zero. But when you lose $1, the lottery owner gets millions.

[danadc]

And a taxi helps us to save time. We can explain everything, if we want to do it As for me, if you want to get emotions it would be better to bet some sport event you can watch - football, basketball, etc. The emotions will be brighter if you have chance to win some money. And the chances are higher than in lottery.
The only situation when i buy lottery tickets is when i want to make some small gift.

Sometimes people make money in lottery than betting on sports that will make you stake more funds for you to earn more money and that is of your predictions falls to the actual results. In lottery, you can use a dollar to win close to $100 or more and this is why many persons that had been betting on lottery games prefer this than playing games on casinos to make profits. Little amount of money cam fetch you up to 100× to 1000× on lottery games making it easy to bet on attractinh vast customers to prefer it than the normal betting we do on daily basis.

And sometimes people make money in betting on sports. But if in lottery you chance to win something more than ticket price is about 1%, in sport betting you have 30% chance to win. And if we are talking about super prize - the chances to win is about zero. But when you lose $1, the lottery owner gets millions.

I have said that the owner of a lottery will Always have money throughout his life, that is why in each lottery the probability favor him , if he buys for 1 dollar and the Number does not fall, it is one more prize that remains accumulated, while Money continues to come in , the good thing that the owner of a lottery has to do is that if it accumulates he has to add more money so that it continues to attract those who can buy that ticket, that is what is played with , what You have to have all the time, it's people who are Interested in the business, I'm not a gamer like that because I'm not lucky, sometimes I bought the lottery a lot but what I bought didn't come close to those Results , so that's what I'm for . I'm no good.

[maydna]

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But the problem is that not all players will win the jackpot, and that’s putting it mildly. Most, most of them, purely mathematically, are not destined to win even a small amount. In the end, almost all players will turn out to be losers who spent their money on false hopes and expectations of getting a big win. This is how this system is designed, cruel and merciless to the players’ pockets.

Here they have not so much the goal of winning, but rather the effect of hope that with the help of the jackpot these players will be able to dramatically change their lives. Naive.

Most of them will lose in the lottery game because the lottery game is based on luck. And anyone who is not lucky will not be able to win it, even if it is a small prize. But even though all those players have lost, that doesn't stop them from buying lottery tickets because they still dream of becoming lottery winners someday. Perhaps people who don't buy lottery tickets will say it's a false hope and have too high expectations of being able to win the lottery game, so people still buy lottery tickets.

They want to win the lottery game, so they keep buying tickets forever. And they probably already have a budget to buy lottery tickets every week, so it's not a problem for them.