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Is it ever worth playing the lottery

FaceHead · 2021-06-07 15:19:51

I never play the lottery. I'm an economist by profession, so see it as a voluntary form of taxation. However, the most recent Euromillions looks different: Some rough calculations on the probabilities and the number of people who won the 'match 2 numbers' prize in Friday's EuroMillions, indicates that there were about 42…

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zippygeorgeandben Posts: 1,277 Forumite

18 June 2021 at 9:18PM

I decided £22/23 per month playing Lotto wasn't worth it and instead I pay roughly £5 a month to Cats Protection lottery. Yes it's only £1000 prize but I feel I'm a) saving money per month and b) giving something back

Savings as of April 2023 Savings account - £26460.50(14474.88)Current account - £2140.24(4576.79)Total - £28600.74(19051.67) £1010 (£65pm CS/BS) £250 CS/BS/JS
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