0073 - you can make more money buying MTG cards than the lottery

There was once a potato who could not go without eating chips. ‘Oh, what does that make me, Mother? A monster’? He trembled at the truth of it. ‘Who knows’, said she as she heated the oil in the pan and sharpened her knife. ‘Who knows, little chip’. First off, let me begin by clarifying that this post is not meant to offer any sort of financial advice. Long-term projections for both buying the lottery and Magic: The Gathering cards end up in a net negative, making them terrible ideas if your goal is to actually make money. I want to make it clear that here we'll be comparing a bad investment vs a terrible one. tldr: buying MTG cards has ~4x more average return on investment than buying lottery tickets, but both lose you money in the long run. You can play with MTG cards, though, while a losing lottery ticket is useless. ... I remember sweltering summer afternoons sitting with my grandmother in front of her TV (incidentally, the only place in the house with decent AC) watching the draw…