Bwahahahah!
You hit the nail on the funny bone here, mate! Sardonic humour at it best.
I’ve never related to the lottery mentality, but then I don’t relate to any type of financial gambling outlet, like casinos, card games, steemmonsters (haha) etc.
It’s addictive.
The only thing I’m addicted to secretly buying is vinyl records, but then I get hundreds of hours of listening pleasure from them so I can justify it.

I wonder if there’s been studies done about the affects of buying the lottery tickets?
I’d bet that there’s a release of dopamine when they get one.