You didn't win the Power Ball either?

James Widgerson, proprietor of the Widgerson Library and Pub blog, is philosophical about not winning the Power Ball jackpot:

So what if the money went to somebody in Oregon? Did you look at the back of your ticket? Did you see the odds? You had to be crazy to think you were going to win! Positively insane! Nobody ever wins except us! So quit your complaining! You had fun, didn't you? Isn't playing the lottery fun? Were you not entertained?

Click here to read it all, including a Henry Fielding limerick.

I have never purchased a lottery ticket, in the belief that the odds of my winning are nearly identical whether I buy a ticket or not.