And economists -- forgive me, for those of you who play the lottery -- but economists, at least among themselves, refer to the lottery as a stupidity tax, because the odds of getting any payoff by investing your money in a lottery ticket are approximately equivalent to flushing the money directly down the toilet -- which, by the way, doesn't require that you actually go to the store and buy anything.
宝くじを買う人には申し訳ないのですが― 宝くじは馬鹿が納める税金と呼ばれます なぜなら宝くじに投資することによって 利益を得る確率は非常に低く お金を直接トイレに流すのとほとんど同じだからです―ところで トイレに流せば わざわざお店に行って買う手間もいりません