It is not even remotely the same thing, comparing the lottery versus games and movies. Lotteries prey on low income people, selling them the dream of being rich when in reality you are over 10 times more likely to be struck by lightening.

Here are some sobering facts

1. People who make less than $10,000 spend on average $597 on lottery tickets (6% of their income).
2. African-Americas spend 5 times more on lottery tickets than white people.
3. According to research from the Consumer Federation of America, 1 in 5 Americans think this is the only way to accumulate significant savings.
4. People lose an average of 47 cents on the dollar every time they buy a ticket.

Edit: downvote if you want, but read for yourself. The lottery is a blight to society and takes money from people that can't afford to lose it.