I buy crossword scratch games about once every two months. They go into my purse for a time when I am forced to wait in line for a greater than normal time. The ones i buy have a 3.75 chance of I winning and I always buy four. So a twenty minute road construction wait netted me $15, and a delayed doctor visit scored $11, I nearly always get something, and it is my reward for patience.
When the AZ Lottery first came out, one of my Navajo Reservation student's mom won $1 million. I asked her what was the first thing her mom bought. She said, "appliances. It is so good to have everything that works!"
We had three million dollar winners in our small (10,000) town. Unheard of. Of course after they shared with all of their relatives, they didn't have that much, but just dreaming about it creates smiles. And that is worth something right there!