That is exactly how often I play too! I think that this is because we share the same culture, being as we are both from Spain, and we are from the same demographic segment (male/middle class/similar age).
In fact, here we have the habit of playing Christmas lottery, which costs 20€ a ticket (probability is still small but not as much as in the lotteries mentioned in the OP), and it is a long time that I prefer to save this money and spend it throughout the year, so I maintain the hope for a much longer period.
In fact, here we have the habit of playing Christmas lottery, which costs 20€ a ticket (probability is still small but not as much as in the lotteries mentioned in the OP), and it is a long time that I prefer to save this money and spend it throughout the year, so I maintain the hope for a much longer period.
Btw, have you seen this lottery simulator?
https://www.cuandomevaatocar.com/
You can run simulations with various types of lotteries and set it to high speed. So, for example, you can choose the Euromillions, which you buy twice a week, you hit it and it will give you the results in seconds, which would take weeks to happen. As you can see, what happens is that when someone wins something, which is normally a refund or a small prize in the first stages, they have already spent more on the lottery than what they win.
Regarding the Christmas lottery, there is, apart from tradition, one more factor, that it is very typical in workplaces, associations and other groups to buy one and the same number for everybody or shares. Many people, even if they don't like the lottery, end up buying the Christmas lottery at work because they don't want to be the only one in the office who looks like an asshole if the lottery comes up and they are the only one who hasn't bought the number. That's FOMO applied to this.
