Don Bucala likes to buy lottery tickets ; an estimated $ 10,000 in 10 years . Economics professor : Low entry fee is part of lottery 's seduction . Poor : 38 % of poor think lottery best means for them to get hundreds of thousands . Statistician : Chances of winning Powerball is 1 in 195,249,054 .
Jen Bucala likes to buy lottery tickets ; an estimated $ 10,000 in 10 years . Psychology professor : Low entry fee is part of lottery 's seduction . Study : 38 percent of poor think lottery best way for them to get hundreds of thousands . Statistician : Chances of winning Powerball is 1 in 195,249,054 .