I run a syndicate at work with 17 members, £2 per person per draw so 34 lines each Wed and Sat. Been running over a year and have invested £4.7k and returned £1.2k so about a quarter return. But we play for a big win, not to worry about small returns. Have had 77 lines of 3 balls and 6 lines of 4 balls, latest being last night which got us £77.
Yes, odds are against us and maybe there are other ways of investing money but you never know whats round the corner, and somebody has got to win it so who knows, could be me one day!
I do enjoy gambling contrary to alot of the posts here and have a very small dabble on general bets on footie and a couple of horses but only with money I can afford to lose. I also do sounder investments like premium bonds and not so sounder investments like shares!!
But I earn good money so I can afford to flutter a little bit of it on something that may bring a win and I don't have any other vices like smoking, drugs or whatever so thats my enjoyment!!
By the way, I run my syndicate online so easy to manage and replay the same numbers etc.