Recently, I bought a ticket for the European Lottery, prompted by the fact that the jackpot was £66 million. The £1.50 I paid for my ticket bought a few days of fantasy, cheaper than Playboy.
Apart from the anonymous acts of charity such booty would enable me to perform, my thoughts turned to cars. Almost every winner of the UK lottery who has been interviewed has had a new car as their first thought. A Mitsubishi off-roader is the most popular choice, which shows that the wrong people win.
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