i have known many who spend a set amount weekly on lottery ...... some out of habit ... some truly believing their day will come .
i have bought in past and when jackpots are high more of a daydream about what would i do with the money then the numbers are drawn and the dream ends.
I used to be more set in my thought that some if they were to save that same amount and invested they would be ahead ( many of those i knew never won anything very large ) but someone would win even amounts like 10k -25K etc .............and it fueled that they would be better off to keep playing and hit another smaller amount if not the BIG prize.....
some of these multiple winners spend a decent amount be fore they won