The lottery is a tax on the poor.

Taken to its logical conclusions, this statement is hella demeaning of the poor mind type. However, if you are not of a poor mindset, then this is a taste of a path outward. Being poor is not the same as being broke.

Lets add another important piece. Almost all lottery winners end up poorer.

What is wrong is the poor mentality. It is a disease. It affects entire swathes of people.

It is said that if you took all the money in the world and distributed it evenly, the rich would be rich again next year, and the poor would be poor again. The rich actively attract money. Do the poor actively push money away?

When you look at who buys lottery tickets, you may answer yes.

I suggest books like Think and Grow Rich by Napolean Hill
and Rich Dad / Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki

All of that money you spent on scratchers could have been invested in your future. But you probably don't know what investing is. It isn't taught in school; in fact, its opposite is taught in school. You have been programmed to be poor. So, your power of intent, right now, is to stay poor.
It is not because you are broke, it is because of the way you think.

Imagine if you took all of those dollars and bought bitcoin with them early last year? But that requires two things, a mind that attracts money, and a knowing of what is an investment.

I wish you well on the journey of retraining your mind.