Once, maybe a twice, a year we go crazy about the lottery. ohhhhh yeah we go nuts. It’s all over the news and the late night shows. We’re talking about it with coworkers. Saying things like “how many tickets did you buy?” and “promise you’ll throw me a few hundred thousand dollars if you win?”. Personally, I think it’s a hoax by the lottery. I don’t think it’s out of the question that once in a while they ensure no one wins for an extended period of time in order to drum up this cyclical frenzied excitement as the jackpot grows. But that’s for another blog.
Anyway, it’s ridiculous. And that’s not just my opinion. That’s YOUR opinion. That’s on you dawg.
No one cares about the lottery. 50 weeks of the year it’s a joke. We make fun of people who play the lottery on a consistent basis.
oh yeah dude? This is the ticket that’s going to buy you your paradise retirement. Get a job!
But then somehow, once or twice a year, we totally leave this closely held belief behind and lose our minds over the lottery. So I just want to know one thing – at what point do people care about the lottery?
Okay, that’s kind of a rhetorical question. I have a rough idea. It’s about 500-600 million dollars. That’s just about where it is now and you can feel the lottery buzz growing.
My real question is why? This is a pretty arbitrary value to universally get excited for. Was there a meeting? Was it decided that at around 500-600 million dollars it is then officially worth all of our time? Not before though. We won’t even blink at 450. But that sweet half billion and we’re all in. Night and day. I don’t know it just feels like a weird coincidence.
I mean, what are the odds?
