Lottery Ticket Analogy

This cluster features comments repeatedly comparing risky investments, opportunities, or strategies to buying lottery tickets, emphasizing the extremely low odds of success despite potential high rewards.

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Sample Comments

brundolf Jun 10, 2022 View on HN

With a lottery ticket you know what you're getting

mamon Nov 6, 2018 View on HN

That's what loteries are for :)

informatimago Nov 28, 2018 View on HN

You could as well buy a lottery ticket!

shawabawa3 Feb 21, 2020 View on HN

they would be better off (by several orders of magnitude) just buying a bunch of lottery tickets

rickydroll Apr 2, 2024 View on HN

That feels like buying more lotto tickets with the winnings from previous lotto tickets :)

cynicalkane Apr 27, 2012 View on HN

Beware this logic; it leads to playing the lottery.

ecommerceguy Mar 4, 2023 View on HN

Got to play the lottery to win it.

coldtea Jan 24, 2019 View on HN

Yeah, sort of like playing the lottery is a bad investment, unless you win.

FabHK Mar 9, 2020 View on HN

Buying lottery tickets totally works, someone can claim every week.https://xkcd.com/1827/

flyosity May 17, 2022 View on HN

That's enough to buy some lottery tickets!