There is no point in taking both sides of the bet.
Ya, avoiding paying anyone other than yourself makes no sense at all! #retard statement of the year right up there. What moron is going to believe such non-sense.
The tickets have a cost associated with them because they increase the total prize pool. Playing your own game doesn't save you any money when you win because you pay out extra when you don't win. It would be completely cost neutral and pointless. Only someone as thick as you couldn't understand that.