This article is trash. First he makes a dumb argument that comes down to, what's $2 in exchange for the warm fuzzies of imagining where you'll move with that money.

And then goes on to explain why now's the best time to waste your money if you like wasting your money because of the ridiculously obvious point that the jackpot is larger now.

This is abysmal garbage and the author should feel bad and so should everyone who upvoted this. I rarely ever get mad but the lottery is one of my biggest pet peeves, and this brings no insight or elaboration on the issue besides, "gee wouldn't it be great to instantly have millions of dollars."