Where did the last two weeks go, hey? You put your head down to get a bit of work done and time flies while you're not paying attention.

I find large amounts of money extremely intriguing, or, more specifically, the large amounts of money dangled in front of you by the National Lottery. For the sake of argument let's forget about the chances of actually winning the big one and concentrate on the motivation to play it in the first place.

I'm not expert so correct me if I'm wrong, but the average jackpot these days is around £6 million, no? How many times have you thought about what you'd do if you won the lottery? Buy a massive house, a flash car, an expensive holiday, a round-the-world trip, etc... The statistics would suggest that most of us don't play the lottery. So, and be honest here, how often do you think about winning the lottery - or even rely on it as the only way to achieve something you really want - and then not buy a ticket?

Now, I could let this go without a second thought, if only it weren't for the fact that it's these people (including me) who won't shell out for a ticket on a normal week, but if there's a rollover or even a double rollover, we're all off to the newsagents to buy a ticket or two!!

What is that about? "Bahhh, I'm not going down the shop for £6 million." But when there's £15 or 20 million, suddenly it's "ooh, I must remember to get a ticket this week, it's a rollover." Is six million pounds not good enough for us?!

We'll trudge down to the shop at half eight on a freezing cold Saturday morning because some fool has drunk the last of the milk the night before, but we won't stop off on the way home from work for £6 million?

Oh, and then there's the Euro millions. "Hmmm, eeeeeeeeeven less chance of winning this than the regular lottery, you say? More chance of winning the National Lottery twice, you say? Ahh but that jackpot's £23 million and I can buy my ticket online....."