I don't do a lot of gambling and very, very rarely buy a lotto ticket on my own. However what I did do was join the lotto pool at work, but I did it in a bit of a different way. What I did is I went in half with another person. So our group pays $2/week per member, so I have a side agreement with so and so and I give her $1/week. We split any prizes 50/50. This is also just an agreement (we have a signed agreement and emails) between me and my co worker, so there is no extra work involved for the organizer of the pool. So if my pool wins, and the share is 500K each, my share would be 250K. My thoughts were at $2/week is over $100/year is a lot to pay for a slim chance at winning anything, but I can stomach the $52 a year.