My Rosh Yeshiva, Reb Meilach Kaplan z”l of Lod Israel told me one may buy a lottery ticket provided one has another source of income, not every week so as not to be considered a gambler who is posul le-eidus rather every second or third week, only a government lottery that benefits the community like lotto that builds hospitals and schools etc’… so it will not be considered asmachta and gezel ch”v
My Rosh Yeshiva, Reb Meilach Kaplan z”l of Lod Israel told me one may buy a lottery ticket provided one has another source of income, not every week so as not to be considered a gambler who is posul le-eidus rather every second or third week, only a government lottery that benefits the community like lotto that builds hospitals and schools etc’… so it will not be considered asmachta and gezel ch”v