You played the overseas lottery before and you didn’t win. The lottery rolled over and you bought another ticket. You didn’t win again. So what did you do? You stopped playing.

Can I tell you something? The joke’s on you, my friend. Because the very fact that you played the first time meant that you understood the concept of having to be “in it to win it.” In other words, if you don’t buy a ticket, the chances are exactly nothing of you ever winning.

Now with the odds of winning being so big, and with you clearly understanding the concept of having to buy a ticket to have a chance, how is it possible that you aren’t buying every week? Or at least every time the lottery gets big? Like the upcoming Mega Millions draw on Friday (R1.4 billion).

You feel like you have a lucky edge and you want to give that potential a chance, but then you stop playing? How arrogant are you to assume that your winning moment is coming in the one and only time you play? Please – get over yourself for a second.

The Mega Millions lottery has just rolled over again. Friday’s jackpot is R1,4 billion.

The last time it went this high was over a month ago. That one rolled over quite a few times and the winner (one ticket – no sharing) was R2 billion (over $200 million).

TWO BILLION RAND.

I played that lottery draw. I didn’t win. But at least I can sleep at night, not wondering “what if.”

No thank you.

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