And economists -- forgive me, for those of you who play the lottery -- but economists, at least among themselves, refer to the lottery as a stupidity tax, because the odds of getting any payoff by investing your money in a lottery ticket are approximately equivalent to flushing the money directly down the toilet -- which, by the way, doesn't require that you actually go to the store and buy anything.
Og økonomerne -- tilgiv mig, jer der spiller i lotteriet -- men økonomer, i hvert fald blandt dem selv, refererer til lotteriet som en dumhedsskat, fordi oddsene for at få en fortjeneste ved at investere ens penge i en lottokupon er omtrent det samme som at skylle pengene direkte ud i toilettet -- som, forresten, ikke kræver at man ligefrem behøver at gå ind i butikken og købe noget.