Dream On

Florida has its Lottery, a money making machine that claims to have pumped billions of dollars into the educational system... I am skeptical and would like to know if that is really helping. But the lotto system fans the hope of striking it rich for countless people, especially those who can least afford it. Every week, there are many episodes of ball spinning and spitting that determine the lucky tickets to win the "PowerBall," the "MegaMoney," the "Fantasy5," the "Play4," the "Cash3," and the original Florida Lotto consisting of a 6-number magic match to win the jackpot. I computed the chance for a single ticket to win: 1 in about 23 millions. It is more likely for someone to get hit AND killed by lightning during a Miami thunder storm than to become instant millionaire. Besides, you can be sure that a large portion will go to pay the tax if you ever managed to buy the lucky ticket. You can't win... unless you can find a way to marry someone like Madonna. I wonder what that odd would be for me... I gave up the calculation after spending about 1 hour and sixteen minutes... The mathematics is too difficult!