::::::::::I'm ashamed to admit that I did once buy a lottery ticket, for the very first lottery. I didn't win, so I haven't bought another. By any rational analysis the lottery is really just an additional tax on the "poor". And having said that, those who irritate me even more than that announcer are the winners who declare that it won't change their lives. For fuck's sake, if it's not going to change your life then why did you buy a fucking ticket?