“You buy a lotto ticket knowing the odds are so slight, but you say, “Hey, it’s only a dollar to play!”
but if Hashem wants you to win the odds are not so slight anymore, Hashem can cause the number you picked to be drawn. Perhaps it was destined the number you picked was to be drawn since the beginning of time. So it still allows for hope. (note* Im not saying you should or should not play the lottery).
thanks for hearing my point.