What would you do if you won the lottery?
For me, this question is redundant. A lottery win is not possible because I don’t buy lottery tickets.
From time to time one hears of people having huge wins. But for me that oversells the concept of lotteries.
Every week and on every day a lottery is drawn, and millions of Australians spend tens of millions of dollars on what’s more or less a game of chance operating on very long odds.
I live not too far from a busy news agency where lots of tickets are sold.
Invariably the queues, if it’s a big draw, are very, very long. People spend huge amounts of money on tickets. And when they do come up with a winner, even a moderate amount, they go rushing around and rejoicing without for one minute thinking about how much they have spent to achieve the win.
Lotteries are a non-starter for me. I rejoice in the money I have saved through not purchasing tickets in lotteries.
EDUCATION, A LIFE FORCE 
I have the same philosophy about lotteries; and insurance, too, since that is just another form of gambling (betting that something tragic is going to happen) – but insurance seems like a must-have, so… ~Ed.
Michael Easter’s book Scarcity Brain does a fantastic job of explaining how the brain experiences gambling and other situations where a payoff if possible.
It is only when I see long lines at the customer service desk that I get a clue that there may be a big potential payout around the corner. But the lottery isn’t for me.
Your reasoning makes sense, because it’s real, but if someone dreams, plays and even wins, it’s nice, because you can buy anything you want. Of course it shouldn’t become a mania. I play every now and then, then I see that I don’t win and I’m sorry for having let’s say “throw away” that coin and then I don’t play anymore.