Financial Fantasy

The odds against winning the lottery are astronomical, yet a lot of folks plunk down hard earned cash in hopes of instant riches. Single state lottery odds are about 18 million to 1, and multiple state lotteries have odds as high as 120 million to 1. Even so, as many as one in three people in America think playing the lottery is the only way to become financially independent.

In reality there is a greater chance of being struck and killed by lightning, or meeting one's demise in a commercial airplane, than winning a lottery jackpot. Spending a buck or two on occasion for entertainment is one thing ... viewed as the  means to financial salvation is fantasy.

                                                      Roger L. Caron