Can Investing Give You the Returns That the Lottery Likely Never Will?

The jackpot for the Powerball lottery is sitting at a whopping $1.4 billion, as of this writing, which is already the fourth-largest jackpot it's ever offered. If there is no winner in tonight's (Sept. 3) drawing, the jackpot has real potential to grow to be near the largest jackpot ever ($2.04 billion in November 2022).That's a jackpot that almost anyone would love to win.Considering it only costs $2 to play, many people purchase lottery tickets in hopes of winning it big. After all, it seems worth it -- take an immaterial amount of money to have a chance at winning a life-changing sum. What's not to like?Continue readingWeiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei MotleyFool Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei MotleyFool