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Cost of lottery

Cost of Lottery Tickets Calculator

A ticket or two feels like harmless fun. Bought every week, the yearly total is bigger than most expect.

I spend each, times a .

That burns €0 every year — €0 over a decade

Invested at % a year instead, that's €0 in 20 years.

See the breakdown

Runs in your browser · nothing stored · estimate: price × frequency × 52, invested as a yearly contribution.

Enter the ticket price and how many you buy a week to see the yearly and ten-year spend.

The “if invested” figure is a sobering comparison — a near-certain return versus a near-zero chance.

How it's worked out

Yearly cost = price × times per week × 52. The “if invested” figures assume you put the same amount in each year and it grows at the rate you set (default 7%) — an ordinary annuity. They're estimates to show scale, not guaranteed returns.

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