I never understood what was so funny about these pranks?
I received one of those joke lottery scratch off tickets, that says you won 10K, when I was involved in a lawsuit, where one of the defendants is a multi million dollar corporation with $500 an hour attorneys working for them, then law firms on retainer. That pays a lot of legal bills for someone close to being homeless.
I have bought lottery tickets. (when it gets big, if my father can't get out, he will ask me to pick up his weekly ones. Mom prefers to gamble at the boat) I've known a few winners, but have never had that luck.