I've never done the lottery and never will but if I did and won, all I would want would be enough to pay off our mortgage and get a bit done to the house, buy the four children a house each and that's about it. A million would be ample for that. And none of that would give me my health back.
The reason I don't do it is not because I know I don't stand a chance of winning but because I know how badly charities have been affected by the lottery. My brother used to work for Charities Aid Foundation who do a lot of work for smaller charities and told me that every charity has had fewer donations. I don't consider it charity to pay for subsidised theatre tickets for people who can afford £50 a ticket but don't want to have to pay more which is one of the 'good causes' paid for out of the lottery funds. I know some charities have benefited - our local Samaritans received a grant enabling the doing up of their centre to make it more workable - but over all, they are worse off.