Do you buy lottery tickets?

[Optimus Prime]

Do you think they are worth it?

[SimonMac]

Lottery is a tax on the stupid in the same way speed camera's are a tax on motorists, you have a choice not to pay.

[amcdonald]

I can't be bothered and I don't like them

And they're really just stealth tax on the poor and gullible, like the X Factor they give people false hope to their existence

[vetran]

best description I heard was
your chances of winning are the same as walking up to someone in the street and guessing their full phone number.

I remember that every time I'm tempted.

[TimberWolf]

Nope, never bought one. When they first came out I played a few pretend games and lost, and haven't wasted any more pretend money on them since.

[hyperD]

A tax on people who can't do maths.

[BrilloPad]

I know I shouldn't - but I do. I know I have more chance of dying in the next 30 minutes - but I have to have some sort of hope.

[TimberWolf]

When the lottery first started, I used to buy a paper on Saturday for the free TV guide for the week and it had a couple of free lottery lines. Even then I didn't consider it worth my time check to check them.

Say it takes 30 seconds to dig out the sheet and check: 30 seconds * 13 million to 1 chance of being a winner = 390 million seconds = 108,000 hours = 4,513 years. Not worth the time spent.

[ThomasSoerensen]

I know I shouldn't - but I do. I know I have more chance of dying in the next 30 minutes - but I have to have some sort of hope.

Either way - all your problems are sorted.

[Lockhouse]

I usually spend £10-£20 when the Euromillions gets > a lot or there's a decent Rollover. Don't bother otherwise. I don't intellectualise it, it's only a bit of fun.