Re: Surprised?
A Euro-lottery ticket cost about the same as an ice-cream. I get a certain reward from the ice-cream (tastes ok), but it still goes to waist (so to say), so by no means a 100% positive outcome. If I instead buy a lottery ticket there is a small (tiny but not *quite* zero) chance of being able to retire *now*.
As a minimum outcome I have a very slightly better health, at a maximum I can spend the rest of my life on what I would like (wilderness trips, mostly, even if MSF etc would benefit as well). That is the only case I can see when the lottery ticket is a good way to spend money.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
