"Playing the lottery" is luck. Put in $1 (low or no value) and hope for a big win against immeasurable and changing odds.
"Playing the odds" is putting in something of real value (time, effort, skill, money and/or something else) to win where a measurable and not infinitesimally small odds exists.
EQ is more like playing the odds (ex: poker), and less like the lottery.
Your lotto method is counter to the true spirit of EQ. That is the "RNG" side of EQ. There is one more side: 'the classic MMORPG equation' - see below.
EQ was always a "resources in, pixels out" equation. To get your epic, train your tradeskills, kill a raid target, camp a rare item, get to max level, etc. will cost you time, plat, effort, and some skill.
We didn't sign up to play a slot machine. See lottery vs poker example above if it's not making sense.
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