How about we also require the news stations to interview all the losers of the Lotto whenever they interview the winners? The 9 and a half years it would take to get through interviewing the losers would certainly put a damper on all the misguided attempts to win the lottery.
Sheesh, how my state of Tennessee ever allowed a state sanctioned lottery under the pretense of “for the children” (notice a theme with government programs?) I’ll never know. It’s a poor tax to the highest degree.
(More on those odds in this video, about 7 minutes in.)