If you are planning to bet your salary on the next jackpot, you might want to visit a new website first. "Lottery Every Second" is a brutal digital simulation that plays the Powerball and EuroJackpot every single second, putting the pitiless nature of probability on depressing display.

The site serves as a reality check for the "get rich quick" mentality that grips millions, including Kenyans hooked on betting apps. It visualizes the sheer impossibility of the odds—1 in 292 million for Powerball—by showing you just how much money and time you would lose chasing the dream.

The Simulation Results

The results are sobering. Even playing once every second (86,400 times a day), the simulation shows that it would take over four years to hit a single jackpot. In that time, you would have spent millions of dollars on tickets, recovering only about 10% of your investment in small wins.

• The "Voluntary Tax": Economists often call lotteries a tax on people who are bad at math. This tool proves it. For every $100 paid out, the operators pocket $800. The house always wins.
• Kenyan Context: With the rise of SportPesa and other betting platforms, young Kenyans are trapped in a cycle of gambling. This simulation is a digital intervention, showing that "luck" is a statistical anomaly, not a strategy.
• The Psychology: Despite the math, people play for hope. The simulation acknowledges this human flaw but strips away the glamour, leaving only the cold, hard red numbers of accumulated loss.

A Reality Check

The next time you feel "lucky," run the sim. Watching a virtual version of yourself lose money for 24 hours straight might be the best financial advice you get this year.