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.