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[–] 33 points 1 year ago (1 child)

True but that is a situation that doesn't really apply very often in the "if you hit the lottery" situation mentioned in the post you replied to.

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  • [–] 13 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    I guess what I'm trying to say is, don't delude yourself into thinking you're being smart about the lottery by thinking about which is the smarter course of action in case of a win. The only way to be smart about the lottery is to not play.

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  • [–] 14 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    The only way to be smart about the lottery is to not play.

    I don't disagree, but I also thing playing the lottery once in a while is fine if you're just doing it as a daydream or something. Back when I worked in an office, if the jackpot got high enough we'd do an office pool and everyone that wanted to would throw in 10 bucks or something. And I've also done the same myself for the above reason but I play at most once or so a year.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    That's the responsible way to enjoy it! But you can't have any expectations that it's a good idea beyond having fun with it. And I find that sometimes these posts about how to do the lottery in the smartest way possible kind of detract from the fact that it's wrong and possibly harmful to think that it's anything aside from a potentially fun thing to do.

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