The lottery is a form of gambling, which involves the drawing of a prize by lot. There are many types of lotteries. Many people love playing the lottery; some even can't go the whole day without playing it. The lottery is starting to occupy an important place in people's lives and is becoming essential for some people; in fact, it is a way to get money without working hard. The only thing you need to do is: choose the right alignment of numbers or have the winning scratch card, depending on the type of lottery. This idea of ​​winning money very easily is very popular with a number of people. Although the lottery is the support of many people, some governments prohibit it ("Lottery in the United States") 1 and this is a very good idea because, in my opinion, the lottery is a very bad thing. To begin with, lottery supporters argue that when you are lucky enough to get money without any problems, why not take advantage of it? The Lottery totally changes the lives of many people, you can go from millionaire to billionaire. Neil Trotter, a car mechanic, is a good example of people who have a better life thanks to the lottery. He won £108 million and planned to follow his passion for British motor racing ("Neil Trotter was named winner of the £108 million Euromillions lottery") 2. However, people tend to forget that there is only one winner. And what about the other millions of people who buy tickets to win the jackpot? They purchased an average of 3 tickets per person. We can take the example of the Powerball Lottery, which is a kind of lottery, the probability of winning the jackpot is only 1 in 175,223,510 (“Wasserstein”) 3. Let's see how it is highly unlikely that there will be a winner unless I'm really lucky. Sometimes... middle of paper... Erstein, Ronald. “A Statistician's Perspective: What Are Your Chances of Winning the Powerball Lottery?” Huffingtonpost. Np, May 16, 2013. Web. April 3, 2014.4 "What percentage of people play the lottery?" Yahoo replies. Np, nd Web. 3 April 20145 Wollaston, Victoria. ": Our brains can't handle the odds of winning, so we make irrational decisions."Dailymail. Np, 02 August 2013. Web. 3 April 20146 Dobson, James. “Our location (lotteries).” Focus on family. Focus on Family Matters Analysts, nd Web. April 3, 20147Jones, Michael. "Lotteries". govinfo.library. Review of the Law on Games and Web. 3 April 2014.8 Uren, Adam. ""It won't happen to you..."." . Np, June 1, 2013. Web. April 10, 2014.9Jen, Doll, ed. "A treasure trove of terribly sad stories from Lotto winners." . Np, March 30, 2012. Web. April 10, 2014. It won't happen to you! The average weekly lottery player loses almost £150 a year