> I've never seen anybody show up to a gas station and buy more than a few dollars worth of tickets It's easy to wonder how it could all add up, if it's $1 now

> I've never seen anybody show up to a gas station and buy more than a few dollars worth of tickets It's easy to wonder how it could all add up, if it's $1 now and then to enter Power Ball whenever it gets big, which I'm guessing is what you're imagining. "personas" I've seen with regards to scratch tickets where it adds up quick- 1) Asks the clerk to throw in a $5 or $10 ticket every time they're at the store buying cigarettes 2) Starts with a single ticket now and then, and uses proceeds from every win to keep buying an increasing amount of tickets until it's gone or mostly gone. 3) Group of friends who go in on spending a few thousand on a whole roll of scratch tickets to get a lot of shots at a jackpot, and on average the tickets return something like 80% (i.e. 20% loss) so it probably won't be a total loss