This thread reminds me of my late Grandmother. She wasn't a gambler but she was addicted to the Lotto.

Every week she bought maybe 10-20 tickets and almost never won anything greater than $10. After buying every ticket should would pray for it to be the winning ticket, it never was. So there is proof that there is no such thing as a gambling god.

Her friends were also addicted to the Lotto and they haven't won anything either. I think one of them won like $1000 once and basically re-spent it buying more Lotto tickets and lost it all again.