Once a lottery like Mega Millions has a high enough jackpot so that the expected value of the ticket is higher than the cost, why does it still feel like it’s a bad investment to buy a ticket?

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Once a lottery like Mega Millions has a high enough jackpot so that the expected value of the ticket is higher than the cost, why does it still feel like it’s a bad investment to buy a ticket?

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How are you calculating the expected value of a ticket? Any non-winning ticket has no value.

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