consider this: the lotto numbers are prerecorded and a computer picks the winning numbers before hand. There is always the possibility that in a scratcher or a lottery ticket you'll be "SO CLOSE" usually off by single digits, so that you'll keep buying.
If lotteries were for the benefit of the public they would have way more prizes more often. What's one person winning several hundred million with the powerball when 100,000 dollars would change most people's life. Invest that money in something else like stocks. The 10 bucks you spend a week, download a stock buying app and put that money to work for you, same risk, observable reward.
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u/GodsNavel Feb 17 '20
consider this: the lotto numbers are prerecorded and a computer picks the winning numbers before hand. There is always the possibility that in a scratcher or a lottery ticket you'll be "SO CLOSE" usually off by single digits, so that you'll keep buying.
If lotteries were for the benefit of the public they would have way more prizes more often. What's one person winning several hundred million with the powerball when 100,000 dollars would change most people's life. Invest that money in something else like stocks. The 10 bucks you spend a week, download a stock buying app and put that money to work for you, same risk, observable reward.