the lottery tickets will only feed human greed, a stupid idea that someday somehow you will get a shit ton of fake money. There's NO any PoW in buying some tickets willing to win.

The mining is something noble, even that your chances are very few to earn something. But when you find that block, your hard work is worth it, not just because you earn the reward, but is that you also secured the network. Is a real PoW.

I was also mining back in 2012-2015 and I will mine again when I will be ready.