>>> the reality is you have a much better chanlsz of being struck by lightning than matching all six numbers in tonight's mega millions drawing. but it doesn't help to dream. that's what many americans have been doing, including kevin tibbles.
>> life, liberty, and the pursuit of lottery tickets. what is it that makes this a nation of american dreamers?
>> i play the lottery because it's a dream.
>> i'm dreaming big-time, yeah.
>> we're a country literally built on the quest for a better life . it's what brought the mayflower, what drove the gold rush and the black gold oil booms. americans will migrate to where the fast money is, and dreaming of getting rich quick is addictive.
>> it's a surprise. it's a whole notion of somebody getting something that they probably didn't deserve. luck be a lady tonight
>> we sing about it, we make movies about it. we even make fools of ourselves on television just to get our hands on more of it. millions of us are laying down a buck in hopes of winning a lot more of it. does that make us inherently greedy or just eager for better? so eager, a study found that folks earning less than $13,000 a year spend $645 of those dollars or 9% of their income on lottery tickets.
>> it's all about making it in america in some way, and lottery is really kind of a way that really doesn't exist for most of us, but it's vicarious.
>> five years ago, cynthia stafford was struggling to support five kids and make ends meet. she won $112 million.
>> we all have dreams, and they do come true. you just got to believe in them and allow them to happen.
>> but of course, this dream comes with odds of 176 million to 1. as for cynthia, she runs her own company and her own charitable foundation , and oh, she, too, has a ticket for tonight's drawing. kevin tibbles, nbc news, chicago.
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