The expected value of buying a video game is about -$60, but people keep doing it, what chumps!
Some people get pleasure from playing the lottery occasionally. The value of the ticket, to them, is the same as the price. There are gambling addicts and people who buy lottery tickets as a way to try to make money, and they have made an error, but I don’t think that’s most people who buy tickets, even if it may be who most tickets go to.
I’ve sparred with Poles before, but Germans are more engaging.