Plus $1 billion...

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I buy it when it gets super high (like now).  I see it as my $2 contribution to the NC education funds.  Or whatever part of that $2 actually goes there.

I also play scratch offs, probably too often.  Most I've won is $40 on a $2 ticket.

Then you will be disappointed by this:

https://www.rawstory.com/2018/10/mega-mi...really-go/

The Mega Millions jackpot is now more than $1 billion – where does all that lottery profit really go?

An April study from the North Carolina Center for Public Policy Research showed that many states – including California, Florida and Michigan – simply substitute lottery revenues for normal appropriations. As of 2016, North Carolina devoted a smaller portion of its total budget to education than it did before starting the lottery.