Yep. And I live in the state that has the highest proportion of lottery players.
It's disgusting.
This past year two of my clients came from families that won the lottery twice. They each won about 100K the first time and 30K the second. One is pretty much living in poverty now and the other one, well, it didn't help the alcoholism and other problems going on.
When I was teaching, the parents association used to have a teacher appreciation luncheon for us near the end of the year. Their "gift" to us was a couple of lottery tickets. I thought this was horrible and I always refused to accept them, just saying "no thanks." This caused quite a few raised eyebrows.
What I didn't tell them is my grandfather pretty much lost a million dollars gambling in the thirties and forties. He had money when no one else did and just gambled it away. He didn't need to, he had a successful shoe factory and was the designer of some of the first low cost women's shoes in the US.
So, my attitude toward this is kind of skewed.