[wizofaus]

How many winners would claim the best thing that ever happened to them in life was winning the lottery though? I've read plenty of anecdotes of people who've won big only for it to destroy relationships, sense of self/purpose in life and other things that turn out to matter more than sudden "unearned" piles of money. I've never come across a story of anyone for whom winning the lottery was genuine positive force in their life. I guess that's the easiest reason to "hate" on the lottery from where I sit.

[OJFord]

Well to be blunt, I think the audience skews less educated, lower socioeconomic class. The more incomprehensible the windfall the harder it will be, inevitably, to cope with.

If you're accustomed to having spare money to invest, not worrying about bills, have the option of taking many months off if too burnt out, then you're probably the type a) not to be playing the lottery; and b) to spread it across a few investment accounts or whatever while you think about what to do rather than splurge it.

And most importantly, anyone talking about it most definitely falls within that skew.