The Lottery

Every Tuesday night, my parents and I used to go out for dinner to a local family bar and grill.  My dad would always buy a mega millions lottery ticket and while we were at dinner, my parents would always converse about what they would do with the money if they won.  It always ended with me giving them a reality check and telling him that they were never going to win.  My dad would always say, "but we could...".
I dated a boy while I was in college.  His parents both had jobs, but still didn't make as much money as the average family.  He told me that every week his father would drop about 30-40 dollars buying all sorts of lottery tickets and such.  But, they never won.  This is just a concept that I never understood.
The only lottery I ever participated in was when my dad bought me those one dollar tickets, only because i liked to scratch off the different sections to see what was underneath the silver paint.  Normally you only win MAYBE five bucks per ticket.  I actually watched my cousin win about ten dollars off of one when we were ten years old.
I guess I just never understood why people would pay so much money for lottery tickets when they know they aren't going to win.  That's money that you could be using on groceries or taking your family for a night out.
I'd love to have different opinions of people, those who play/buy lottery tickets and those who don't, because my personal opinion is that, it's just plain stupid and a waste of money.



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