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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.

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[–] a4ng3l@lemmy.world 9 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

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…

[–] sepiroth154@feddit.nl -2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

You are just filling another scammer's pockets. At least you get a roof above your head out of one of them.

[–] a4ng3l@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

You know one can afford rent AND lottery tickets right?

[–] sepiroth154@feddit.nl -3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Just because you can afford it, it doesn't make it a good financial decision to buy a lottery ticket.

[–] a4ng3l@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

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.

[–] sepiroth154@feddit.nl -1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

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

[–] a4ng3l@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Or you can accept divergence in opinions and not be an ass about it. Go touch some grass…

[–] sepiroth154@feddit.nl 0 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Same goes for you. Except the latter part, I'm not that petty.