For $364 a year, a PB player can get 182 chances to win $1 million, $40 million, or more. And with 104 drawings a year that's 104 dreams of being out of dept, buying that dream house or car, retiring, and/or paying for all of children or grand children's educations. Seriously, can saving $365 in a year in a bank account for even 40 years accomplish any of those dreams?
Yeah, we all know the odds but that's a very reasonable price for the dreams especially when probably nobody dreams about getting something only costing $365.
I wouldn't call a $10 a day player an addict if they could afford the bets because I can logically assume while they might not break even each year, they are probably winning enough back to continue the play. How other people legally spend their money is none of yours or my business.
"Do You Think That Lotteries Are Draining Money From Addicted Lottery Players Everyday?"
I don't know where you buy your tickets, but I bought tickets in many states and never once did a clerk point an AK at me and demand I buy a lottery ticket(s). Lotteries are a legal form of optional gambling where the players decide when and how much to bet. Cable and dish TV cost more than $1 a day; are those people draining money from watchers who are addicted to the Food Channel?
"$200=$12,000 IN 5 YEARS"
The last time I noticed, a pack of smokes cost over $4 so a pack a day smoker could save $7300 in 5 years with zero chance of recouping any of that money. My current $6 a day ($182 a month) pick-4 "habit" could net me over $12,000 tonight. Should I be "wise" and put my lottery spendings (which I can easily afford) in the bank and wait five years or should I continue to gamble and maybe win over $12,000 several times?
Your assumption of saving $12,000 instead of spending $12,000 on lottery tickets in five years is based on never winning a thing. After 6 months or one year, even a novice player will probably reevaluate their play and move on to another strategy or game that will give them a return.
If the lottery is draining your money, you have nobody to blame but yourself and how you legally spend or save your money is your business.