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.A game is boring or not is about preference. A game is boring for you does not mean it is a boring game for others and vice versa. For example, some people says that dice game is great game but for me it is a boring game because I dont like it much and I cant find entertainment while playing it. The same for lottery, here in my city, there are still many people who participate in lottery and they are waiting for the draw enthusiastically every day although they have not experienced jackpot win for too long time. Even after the draw and no one wins, they continue to discuss about the numbers they bought, their predictions and maybe their mistake in selecting numbers to buy in the previous draw.