In the New Year’s drawing of the State Lottery, 30 million euros can be won. And on January 1, the ZIP code lottery will distribute 58.9 million euros on the winning street or district. Chances are you are thinking about playing the game or not. On our answering platform NUjij, you wondered on Monday how big the chance is to win a big prize in the lottery. That’s how.
Om maar meteen met de deur in huis te vallen: die vraag is niet zo makkelijk te beantwoorden. Zo vertelde Adriaan Soetevent, hoogleraar Micro-economie aan de Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, eerder aan NU.nl. “Voor sommige loterijen (altijd prijs) is de winkans 1, maar ik zou dat nauwelijks winnen noemen. Daarnaast ligt de winkans vaak niet vast maar hangt ze af van het aantal mensen dat meespeelt.”
Yet there are also winners. And who drags away a main prize, is out of money, worries forever. But do we still want to bet the lottery now that inflation and crises are making our lives that much more expensive? “The State Lottery is not affected by declining turnover,” Thomas van Vessem, spokesman and price supervisor at the State Lottery, confirmed earlier to NU.nl. The turnover of the postcode lottery also remains stable, said Femke de Veer, communications manager of the national postcode lottery and VriendenLoterij.
“Stopping is always better when you’re short on cash”
Is it better to stop if you are low on cash? Getting people to save on the lottery isn’t that easy, according to budget coach Rita van Schijndel. “What if you advise someone to quit, but then the major prize falls their way? A colleague of mine experienced this.” However, Van Schijndel thinks it’s always better to stop if you’re too tight. “It’s almost guaranteed to cost more than it earns.”
The hope of a prize is too strong for some people, says Van Schijndel. “I regularly notice that customers who are out of money for a lottery subscription buy scratch cards more often if they have any leftover. As a last straw, they are hoping for a prize that will allow them to spend more next month.”
Don’t do it, advises Van Schijndel. “The chance of winning is so small. It’s best to put your investment into a savings account every month. That way you know for sure you have something left over.”
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