Dream a Little Dream....

1 in 175,711,536.  That's the odds of one ticket matching all the winning numbers of tonight's mega lotto draw.  The lotto pot is $640 million and the entire country is going crazy.

So the chance of winning is almost nil but people are happily lining up to buy lotto tickets anyway.  The 7-11 on the other side of the office has a line stretching out the door.  I walked by at lunch today and I thought the line wasn't too bad.  Then, I realized the line actually snaked all the way to the back of the store and to the front again. Ugh! That was probably the longest lotto line I ever saw!!

So why do people- including me - still want to waste their time and money (with a big smile) knowing that they most likely won't hit the lotto??  I see it as a cheap thrill.  I see it as buying a fantastic dream.  Nobody really thinks that he/she will actually win but we can always dream, right?  And, someone - probably the luckiest person on earth - will win it eventually because there is that one in 175,711,536 chances.  Just like other lotto drawings, someone WILL win.

Never Say Never.  So I bought $2 lotto yesterday.  Hey, if I don't play, then I can't even dream about it.  And, I want to be able to say that I've participated in this once in a life time half-a-billion dollars lotto drawing.  Yes, half a billion dollars within anyone's reach (only if you play).  Now, how often can you say that?

So go ahead.  Dream a little dream....