Just imagine the bettors chance of winning, not even close to 1% and you are spending a lot of money when you bet, that's a suicide to be frank.
This kind of lottery is usually for charity, the word itself says you are only donating money, means you'll likely to lose, 99%.
I personally know a lot of people who became bankrupt as a result of this hobby. And in one case I know of an individual who committed suicide after getting ruined as a result of lottery ticket purchases. And the chances of winning are no way near 1%. The best chance I know is for the Dubai Duty Free's Millennium Millionaire Scheme in which there is a limit of 5,000 tickets. So the probability of winning is 0.02%. For most of the other lotteries, the probability is like 1 in 10 million or less than that.
I've heard from some local news that the chance of winning a lottery is 1 out of 28,989,675.
That's the number of combination from 1-55 numbers, it's not an easy or same with the post above you, since it's for charity you are just giving away your money as the chance is really slim, though this girl or the couple gotlucky after 20 years of keeping the same number, now they are enjoying living a luxurious life.