If it comes to winning the lottery the chance is very low anyway. You have a bigger chance to be killed by a cow.
I never had many plans, some but it didn't come to it either. Yes, it does feel bitter at times, but once in a while I also wonder if I would if I could.. although I did leave and went abroad just not took the entire road. Not possible back then. Internet and the options arrived too late at my doorstep.
Now the question remains: what is left?
I wonder... did you need school to leave, to get a job?