The case of a lady who developed a major depressive illness with secondary pathological gambling is described. The gambling was manifest by uncontrolled purchasing of lottery tickets. The inter-relationship between affective disorder and pathological gambling and the effect, if any, of lotteries on pathological gambling is discussed.
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