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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In that setting, so many people can justify buying tickets that there could be 2 winners. Getting half as much cuts the expected value in half.

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