Vanessa Rosenfeld from Germany A few years ago, when I was traveling in Australia I discovered that I enjoyed scuba diving. I started to attend all the scuba diving courses which were available. Those courses weren't inexpensive; therefore, one day I had an idea—the lottery. I thought about it, wondering how it worked. Soon after, I went into a shop where they sold lottery tickets and asked the salesperson to explain the system to me. Shortly after that, I played the lottery for the first time. I was very excited about the lottery numbers that were drawn that night. I didn't win, but from that night on I kept playing every Saturday and Wednesday. I actually never won a single penny, but I was obsessed with it. I think that I was hooked on the lottery because I didn't want to miss my chance to win. When
I went back to Germany, I stopped playing for a
while; but eventually I started again. Later, when
I moved to London, I experienced a similar
situation. I started to play after having quit for
a year. However, since I've been in the U.S., I
never have been really aware of the lottery even
though I sometimes hear something about it on TV or
read something about it in the papers. Maybe
subconsciously I close my eyes and ears, but I know
if I get started again, I will get hooked again
because I don't want to miss my chance to win a
million dollars.
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