My gosh, you always feel so stupid when someone points out something so obvious! Thanks

You could simplify it even further by removing the int x parameter of the function…

Hey Tuinman, congrats on having a bigger ego than sense of responsibility.

Wouldn’t it just move more north or am I thinking too simplistic?

That’s how they get you! Also, I meant the jackpot.

You give me 5 of your currency and I give you 4 back, and It’ll still be a better investment than a lottery ticket…

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Spoiler alert: you won’t win.

I’m not saying any of this is fair.

Same goes for you. Except the latter part, I’m not that petty.

The issue isn’t pleasure, it’s expectation. Buying a coffee or a movie ticket reliably delivers the thing you’re paying for; a lottery ticket is designed to almost certainly deliver nothing. Calling that “financially inconsequential pleasure” glosses over the fact that the pleasure is mostly manufactured hope, not the product itself.

Enjoyment isn’t immune from criticism just because it’s cheap, and pointing that out doesn’t require living like a monk. You can acknowledge that people do it for fun while still recognizing it as a statistically bad trade-off compared to most other small indulgences

Just because you can afford it, it doesn’t make it a good financial decision to buy a lottery ticket.

You are just filling another scammer’s pockets. At least you get a roof above your head out of one of them.

A rental property?

Yeah but at least you end up with more money to live somewhere affordable…

That is not what I said? Lottery tickets are just throwing money in a fire… Which is counterproductive when saving up for a 1,5 billion home.

Buying lottery tickets to get a house… Maybe this man should get a financial advisor.

That still might affect the Netherlands, as we are Europe’s port.

Thank you!

Someone got a list of those “other countries” for me please?