Americans spend over $1,000 a year on lotto tickets
December 12, 2019 at 08:00 AM EST
You have about a one in 302,575,350 chance of winning the Mega Millions $340 million jackpot that's up for grabs in Friday night's drawing. And while it may only cost $2 to buy a ticket, Americans are spending 500 times that every month on lottery tickets.