Do You Play Lottery?
If you do, are you a regular player? Or only buy tickets occasionally?
I don’t consider myself a player, but I do buy a few tickets when the jackpot reaches $100M. Sometimes 2. Sometimes 3. The most was 5. Since I almost have never won any prize in lotteries, sweepstakes, contest, or drawings at parties, I know my odds of hitting anything big is pretty much close zero. However, the jackpot was too big to pass up, even though the money spent on tickets were like being flushed down the toilet.
This time around, I started to buy two tickets since last Saturday when The Mega Millions jackpot $120 million and bought two again today for next Tuesday’s drawing of $220 million. Like the NY Mega Millions commercial says:
You don’t have the dream if you don’t play the game.
Well, $2 is the price I am willing to pay to just “have the dream” 
And if you don’t see me post anything next Wednesday, it could be a sign 
Do you play lottery?
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Nah, $2 buys me 4L of copy cola = instant gratification
“Lottery games are based on chance and should be played for entertainment only, not investment purposes.”
This message brought to you by the Oregon Lottery.
It’s definitely for entertainment. Otherwise, I won’t just buy $2
I play about as much as you. Every so often when the jackpot gets up there, I’ll drop a buck or two just for the fun of it. I guess I spend anywhere from 10-20 dollars a year on lottery.
Although, I often wonder why I only feel the need to buy a ticket when the jackpot is super high. I mean really, would it matter if I won 10 million vs. 100 million? Either way, I’d be quite wealthy, yet I never even consider buying tickets for typical jackpots.
Jeremy: My wife and I often talk about how happy we would be if we could just win $2M instead of $100M. Yet like you, we only buy super big lotter tickets and never bought tickets for local lottery when the payout is about several million. I guess it’s because given the possibility of winning, the price is much higher when we buy $2 for $5M than buying $2 for $100M
Sun,
I confess. I bought $2 of tickets for the 2/19 drawing. I consider it entertaining to have the possibility of being a multi-millionnaire, even if the odds are very low:-)
I look at the lottery as the most fun tax I pay – altho I very often forget to buy tickets.
Sun,
Good luck tonight. If you don’t post tomorrow, we’ll know you’re the winner
You too, Super Saver! I will keep buying until I or someone else win it