Lazarus Larkin
Not worth it. You end up paying gold for the hope of buying the item, but chances are you're not even going to get it, so you're just throwing gold down the drain. It's generally better to go for the sure thing over the gamble.
Well said. People seem to forget that you pay gold for the tickets regardless so depending on your luck/skill/timing/karma you might end up wasting a good chunk more than you thought.
I'm guessing that the tickets are the gold sink part - it certainly looks like throwing money in Bass'ken lake. Personally I prefer to sink gold by going on spending sprees in the gold shops. At least there I'm guaranteed to get something out of it.