I wrote produce, but meant provide, but it's all the same anyway...

Agree, yes, and this is almost always the case, don't you think?

My point was that If you can afford not to work because you've won the lottery, then you are just consuming what someone else has produced, and not producing anything in return. This is not sustainable on the long run, hence the lottery curse reference: Most people who win the lottery are bankrupt after a few years. I don't remember the exact percentage, but it's shockingly high.