I don't buy lottery tickets very often, simply because the odds of winning anything substantial are abysmally small. I buy a ticket sometimes when I'm in a really good mood, and a buck or two are burning a hole in my pocket.
I only buy scratch-and-wins, because you find out instantly. I never buy lotto, 'cause you have to wait to find out. Also, if you're familiar with combinatorics (a high-level branch of math), you'll see that the odds of winning don't warrant buying even one ticket.
06 Aug 2005, 11:45 am
