Short answer is
NO.
IMHO - To each his/her own but it is my understanding playing the lotto, er powerball, is the biggest form of gambling. The original lottery in New York was advertised as the profit generated will be used to build roads, hospitals and schools needed. I didn't any of this happening so I guess I am a skeptic.
I wonder how much of the money raise really goes to these purposes or goes the adminstration of lotto machine etc. $2 a ticket sounds like a gimmick to raise revenue with smaller odds of winning.
It's the number one dream of everyone who plays they will be the lucky winner, so everybody enjoy the thought it will happen to you. I personally think the odds of hitting powerball is so miniscule.
Best wishes for hitting the powerball.
Nobody asked me so maybe I should have just stuck to my short answer. - Off Soapbox
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