Like you, I have not been able to create a history of winning any prize by participating in the lottery. Winning the lottery basically requires a lot of luck which I don't have. I have purchased many lotteries till date but sadly I have not won any big prize till date but the prizes are very low budget prizes.
If there is an opportunity to buy lottery for free without any investment, then of course I will buy lottery and wait for the result. In this case also I know that I can't win any prize because I don't have the luck to win the prize. However, whether I win the prize or not, I will buy the lottery and wait for the result, not with the hope of the prize, but with the hope of entertainment.
It looks like I am not the only one who has a bad experience in engaging in a lottery. I also don't have any good winnings from the lottery ticket I bought. So after some month of not getting good winnings from the lottery, I decided to just save the money I was putting into buying lottery tickets and use the saved money to DCA BTC. This way I am sure that I can gain profit if I am patient enough to wait for my target price to happen.
I never see the lottery as entertainment, the lottery draw is so boring... I am amazed that you find entertainment in such boring gambling activities like the lottery.
It is true that out of all the gambling games that exist, the lottery is probably the most boring one, since you can spend a lot of money on lottery tickets and never win anything.
Still, I play it from time to time, especially when it makes it to the news as no one has won for some time and the accumulated prize has reached an enormous amount, in that case it makes sense to buy a ticket, because even if the chances of winning the lottery are very low, at least you should give you the chance once in a while and see if today is your lucky day.