Lottery winnings

[grinninfoole]

Apropos of a comment I left for something anagramofbrat posted, I thought I'd bloviate about the terrible racket that are lotteries.  Every once in a while, I play lotteries like Mega-Millions, wherein I sacrifice a dollar for a non-zero chance to win tens of millions of dollars.  I don't expect to win, and I don't actually NEED the money, but I do it because

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[trovia]

My grandmother won the lottery in around 1980. Had to share with two friends, bought herself a nice apartment, never worried about money again, last of it paid for her funeral. I kind of like the lottery.