Would you be buying a dream by 'investing' in a lottery ticket for the $12 million Hong bao draw?
*correction - should be $13.9 million instead!
Some financially savvy folks are saying that they might as well save the money and invest it for the long term, since that is a more sure-win bet.
Me? I won't hesitate to admit that i would be one of those buying a hope and a dream. To me, that amount won't cost me my financial freedom, at the most, it's only the cost of a lunch.
And are the odds really stacked against me?
We can say it is 50/50, since there is only 2 outcome - either we strike, or we don't. [Just kidding!]
Singapore pools kindly disclaimed that the odds of winning the jackpot is 1 in 13,983,816.
Odds of winning Toto
Given the winning prize is ......