I normally don't play but what the heck. I'll pay $10 for a chance to win $1,600,000,000.
I drop a few hundred $ in local raffles each year. Normally to benefit the local fire departments.
Exactly my thoughts. I do spend my evenings thinking about it. I'm a simple guy with simple needs so I'd have a hard time putting any kind of dent in that amount of coin.I normally don't play, but when it starts hitting these numbers, I'll drop a few bucks. I'll spend $9, then that evening I'll dream about what I could do if I won the money. Then the next morning, I'll get up and go to work as normal. Where else can I get an evening of entertainment for $9? And besides, I might just happen to win because at some point, someone will. Might as well have might my hat in the ring to try to win.
... "The only lottery I ever won was the draft lottery". Now, that is only a joke as back in '67 there was no draft lottery, just the draft....edit:
Well, today I was in a store that sold mega million lottery tickets ... I now have 10 chances for tonight's drawing.
One thing I would not do is stand in line for a ticket. At the grocery store tonight there were 30-40 people in the lottery line.
Ticket sold in SC.