A friend of mine who is a psychiatrist told me that buying lottery tickets (within limits) is a good thing. Everyone dreams of what they would do if they won. His quote “for a dollar a week you can buy a dream”.
My plan for the lottery winnings:
Tons of tzedakkah
Trust funds for my grandchildren
Fresh flowers (from a florist, not the supermarket bunches) every week – on Friday.
A therapeutic massage at least once a week instead of the once a month allowed by my insurance – it is the only thing that helps my crummy back.
Travel, travel, travel – starting with Eretz as I have never been lucky enought to visit there.
Invest – with a trustworthy investment agent (I hope that there is still such a thing. I shudder when I think of what has happened to many peoples’ life savings by unscrupulous brokers)
What I would not do – buy, buy, buy. At my age I have all the chachkies (in fact, far too many) that I could ever want.