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Dear National Lottery,

The Supreme Court ruling—and the fact that this matter was brought to trial at all—primarily demonstrate an appaling level of greed on the part of the complainants, who seem entirely detached from reality.

I am dumb-struck that people have appealed to the Supreme Court over the fact that the infinitesimal odds of winning a prize turned out in retrospect to be slightly more infinitesimal. That is almost as bad as that time when people who did not play in the Postcodeloterij had the cheek and gall to sue the lottery because their neighbors had won.

I suggest that any prize money these complainants may win in the future be paid in the form of a beginner’s course in probability calculus. And if they bag the Jackpot against all odds, perhaps you can pay them with a truckload of dice, with the suggestion to try and throw a million snake eyes in the first attempt.

Meanwhile, I’m continuing to buy my measured portion of hope every month, and plan to be pleasantly surpised if against all probability a prize comes my way one day.

I’ll use my legal expense insurance for real problems.

Kind regards,
Floris Kleijne