God has made it extremely clear (https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/gs/riches?lang=eng) that he doesn't want us to be seeking after riches for riches sake. The purpose is to use those riches for the building up of God's Kingdom ( -My Patriarchal Blessing).
In the Science of Wellbeing (#SWB) class, Lauri Santos shared the statistic that there are 70 billion dollars (https://www.coursera.org/learn/the-science-of-well-being/lecture/8bZvC/part-2-money) spent on the lottery every year. That's more than the entire entertainment industry combined.
Sadly, none of that brings people the happiness they're seeking. So not only is that seeking of riches expensive and potentially damaging financially, it's also not giving anyone what they're hoping to get from it.
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