jackpots in 2025 averaged 2.06 billion won ($1.41 million), which falls to 1.4 billion won once taxes are deducted.
That after-tax amount is below the average price of an apartment in Seoul, which was 1.5 billion won in December 2025, according to separate data compiled by KB Land, the property data tracker of KB Kookmin Bank.
Yeah but at least you end up with more money to live somewhere affordable…
And where do you plan to live while you amass this money…?
A rental property?
Nothing like the perspective of getting milked forever… building someone else’s capital while tumbling towards old age. I say let them buy some hope…
You are just filling another scammer’s pockets. At least you get a roof above your head out of one of them.
You know one can afford rent AND lottery tickets right?
Just because you can afford it, it doesn’t make it a good financial decision to buy a lottery ticket.
Not everything in life needs to be a « good » financial decision… when it’s financially inconsequential while bringing pleasure it’s fair enough. Same for a lot of things that brings you pleasure. Unless you indulge in absolutely nothing your stance is quite hypocritical.
And if you indulge in nothing maybe consider the experience.
The issue isn’t pleasure, it’s expectation. Buying a coffee or a movie ticket reliably delivers the thing you’re paying for; a lottery ticket is designed to almost certainly deliver nothing. Calling that “financially inconsequential pleasure” glosses over the fact that the pleasure is mostly manufactured hope, not the product itself.
Enjoyment isn’t immune from criticism just because it’s cheap, and pointing that out doesn’t require living like a monk. You can acknowledge that people do it for fun while still recognizing it as a statistically bad trade-off compared to most other small indulgences
And when you stop working or fall ill, you become homeless. Great outlook, buddy.
I’m not saying any of this is fair.