i wouldn&#x27;t take a lottery ticket if you gave it to me for free, but i&#x27;d happily join an office pool. for me, the worst part about lotteries is the mental effort required to hang on to and track a ticket; it&#x27;s sort of the opposite of the entertainment effect that people talk about. but if i could contribute some token amount of money to a social bonding endeavour, and as a bonus fund the entertainment of people who do enjoy keeping track of lottery tickets, and maybe magically have money appear without my having had to do anything for it, it would be worth it.