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 
Ms Daisy and I visit a little grocery store every week or so. I wait on a bench at the front while she shops. I sit next to a lottery machine and observe the many people who buy tickets. They are all “frequent flyers” and none look like they have money to throw away.