probably a taboo subject to be discussing.everyone has certain addictions to a varying degree weather its food,cigarettes,drugs,alcohol,gambling,sex,etc.i guess mine would be the lottery the past couple years but in a good way.haven't really lost more than i won because i've been very lucky.won thousands on several occasions.i'd say i've won nearly 20 thousand since 2004 when the lottery started.a couple months after it started here i put ten bucks on 486 and won 5 grand.a few months down the road in a one week period i won two pick four straights for another 5 grand.hit on many pick 3 hits for a thousand here and there in between when betting twice on a number.then this year had a couple more pick four hits online for nearly another 5 grand.since the summer i've had my first real dry spell but since i've only been betting twelve bucks a week i can say it will be a very long time before i ever hit the loss margin.is an addiction bad even if you mostly have good instead of bad come from it?