>I think of it as a discretionary entertainment spend. I get literally hours of enjoyment from fantasizing what I’d do if I won.
I'm not sure which part you're responding to there.
If it's that he states the reason as you quote? A point being that he was lured to buy tickets by some other more base desire, yes perhaps an irrational feeling that he would win, but that for a person in his position the admittance of that could be difficult, a personal cost of face.
Kinda like the old saying you buy Penthouse for the articles?
Pure speculation but then his side is self-promoted anecdote so I reckon it's all even. Just shooting my mouth off though probably.