Anyone of you rational folks play the lottery?

[xSilverPhinx]

This thread has gotten me thinking about the "Hunger Games", anybody watch it? Each District would pay the tax of one girl and one boy to the elite, in the hope of joining the elite. 24 were sent and one makes it out alive. They even have the slogan "may the odds be ever in your favour".

Well, back on topic: I never really played the lottery. I just reckon that the odds are so low that I would rather take the money and buy some soft drinks. Coca Cola doesn't rob me when I take the little money I have and buy a can, but at the end of the day I do have something that I paid for.

[Sweetdeath]

Playing the lottery; you might as well give your money to me.

[Velma]

This is the way I look at it:  If I have a few bucks, I can either spend it on an overpriced cup of tea or coffee based beverage and a muffin, which will make me happy for an hour or so, or I can spend it on a lottery ticket and have a few happy hours (all totaled) over the next few days dreaming of what might happen if lightening strikes and I win.  It's money I would have frittered away regardless.  Of course, it is another matter entirely if someone is spending rent or grocery money on such frivolity.