So what is it for you, do you play only for the sake of winning or do you care about the process of playing/researching/anticipating the outcome? I think that the process is that is attractive in gambling, and while the outcome surely matters, I would not like to wait for a long while to learn it.
I'm a lazy person so if I will gamble, I will go for lottery too compare to other gambling games.
It is easy to gamble in lottery, just pick numbers and wait

. In gambling, research or the process of winning is useless if you are not lucky enough to win and not disciplined enough to stop if you won already. Since I'm a lazy person, I would like to wait for the outcome only although there are some who really cares about the process and they will do some research so that they will win.
How I wish I am also lazy so I would just gamble in lottery and will stop analyzing games to bet on, lol..
Seriously, that's really up to us, everyone of us might have our favorite game to play on and as for me, betting in sports is what I am interested on playing right now but that does not mean I would love this forever, maybe if I find another game that would give me more fun then I'll surely shift my interest.
BTW, I bet on lottery to but I am not so optimistic on winning as I know my chance.